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Lyulph's Tower, Penrith.

46 Davies St.

Latin hexameters, lyrics, and pentameters. Including translations from Milton's Paradise Lost; 'Lament on the death of Thomson' [ie Ode on the Death of [James] Thomson, by William Collins]; pieces from Holden's Foliorum Silvula [a collection of English passages for translation into Latin and Greek]; Loss of the Birkenhead [by Sir Francis Hastings Doyle]; and 'Somerville's Chase' [or The Chace, by William Somerville]. Pieces which may be Robert Milnes' own composition are a dialogue between Mopsus and Menalcas [characters from Virgil's Eclogues], and a lyric entitles 'Salve, Alexandrovna', dated 13 Mar. 1874 and presumably written to mark the marriage between the Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia and Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh.

Wroxton. - Thanks Milnes for the two autographs; Theodore Hook's was very amusing. Fears she will not be in London in time to see the portrait of [her brother] Frank; her aunt [Emily Milner?] invites Milnes to visit. Frank himself will be here by the end of the month,

Thrybergh, Rotherham. - Frank [Doyle?] seeks Customs vacancy resulting from death of Sir Henry Freeling; can Milnes assist or advise.

Condolences on the death of Lady Houghton.

Wroxton Abbey, Banbury. - Asks Milnes if he can assist a young friend who wishes to obtain autographs of modern authors, especially D'Israeli, Theodore Hook and Sydney Smith, including Milnes' own already promised in a sonnet; they should be sent here as Frank [her brother Francis?]'s 'bump of order' is insufficiently developed for him to handle them effectively.