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The volumes are welcome in her present distress; hopes the 'beautiful vision' of Milnes' dedication will be realised for Lady Galway.

St Germain en Laye, près Paris. - Encloses statement by her brother-in-law concerning his friend Catharine Heron, who has great literary talent; asks if Houghton can secure her a pension. Enclosed statement by Henry William Wilberforce about Miss Heron's needy circumstances; she is the daughter of a doctor; self-educated teacher, and lived and wrote in Belgium following illness; she is now poor and unwell; has small income from donations collected by a Miss Graham and a £10 pension from the Almonry, but a literary pension would ease her plight.