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Royal Hotel, Whitby. - Repeats request of earlier letter to London [HOUG/DB/2/38: asking Houghton's opinion of Spanish translations in Poems and Songs]. Withdrew Poems and Songs soon after publication owing to dissatisfaction with original lyrics it contained. Postscript: will be here until next Tuesday.

Seeks opinion of Spanish translations in Poems and Songs dedicated to Houghton in 1863; hopes to induce J. A. Froude to publish them in Fraser's Magazine: it carried Mason's article on early Spanish poetry last June but Mr Froude is now hesitating.

Letter 46 re Charles Welsh Mason.

3 Berkeley Square, W. (on embossed notepaper for Junior Carlton Club, this address crossed through). - Has been offered the curacy of Castlethorpe, Buckinghamshire, by the Bishop of Oxford, whose High Church views are not favoured by Lord Carrington, the local landowner. Protests own moderacy in religion and politics; must secure Lord Carrington's support to work effectively in the parish; seeks introduction.