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Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge - Describes a phosphorescence occasionally visible on lagoon shoals in the Maldives, connected to a local myth.

Returns with thanks the 'very good Inscription' [for the memorial to Henry Hallam in St. Paul's Cathedral].

'The royal family of England, the crowned heads of Europe, statesmen, bishops, soldiers, and other distinguished personages of all nations'.

Anthems by Aldrich, Barrett, Blow, Clarke, Croft, Goldwin, Hall, Hawkins, Humfrey, Jackson, Purcell, Tudway, Turner, Weldon, Williams, and Wise.

The original index for the front is now pasted on inside the front cover. Anthems are bound from the front and from the back; the paper is uniform, with 12 six-line (front) and five-line (back) to a page.

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Front
p. 3: Mr Wise, 'Blessed is he'
p. 4: Mr Jackson, 'The Lord said unto my Lord'
p. 6: Dr Tudway, 'Thou O Lord'
p. 11: [Aldrich], 'I am well pleased'
p. 15: [Turner], 'Lord thou hast been our refuge'
p. 20: Mr Jer. Clark, 'I will love thee O Lord'
p. 25: Dr Turner, 'The Lord is righteous' (also copied pp. 8, 28)
p. 29: Mr Hawkins, 'Arise O Lord'
p. 32: Mr Hall, 'By the waters of Babylon'
p. 36: Mr Goldwin, 'O praise God in his holiness'
p. 40: Mr Goldwin, 'O be joyfull'
p. 46: Dr Croft, 'I will sing unto the Lord'
p. 50: [Aldrich], 'O Lord I have heard thy voice'
p. 55: Dr Croft, ['We will rejoice in thy salvation']
p. 59: [Wise], 'How are the mighty fallen' (beginning only)
p. 62: [Blow], 'Turn thee unto me O Lord'
p. 65: [Blow], 'My beloved spake and said'
p. 70: Dr Croft, 'The Lord is king'
p. 75: Dr Blow, Dr Turner and Mr Humphrys, 'I will allways give thanks'
p. 78: Mr Thomas Williams, 'O clap your hands'
p. 82: Mr Purcell, 'The Lord is king'

[back]
p. 1: Mr Crofts, 'The earth is the Lord's' (also copied p. 34)
p. 5: Mr Crofts, 'I will sing unto the Lord'
p. 8: Dr Turner, 'The Lord is righteous' (also copied pp. 25, 28)
p. 12: Dr Aldrich, 'I am well pleased'
p. 15: Mr Jer. Clarke, 'Praise the Lord O Jerusalem'
p. 16: Mr Barrett, 'O sing unto the Lord a new song' (incomplete)
p. 22: [Weldon], ['O Lord rebuke me not']
p. 26: Mr H. Purcell, 'Thy way O God'
p. 28: Dr Turner, 'The Lord is righteous' (also copied pp. 8, 25)
p. 34: [Croft, 'The earth is the Lord's'] (incomplete, also copied p. 1)
p. 38: ——, 'My heart is inditing'

On the spine is stamped ‘M.S. Poetry of the 18th Century’. For the contents see the separate descriptions.

Largely drawn from Fitzgerald's letters, with dates.

In the college examination the entire first and second classes in the second year are on Monk's side as are 17 out of 25 in the first two classes of the first year, Lord Brecknock in the third class, William Clark has so much support for the Chair of Anatomy that Dr Woodhouse has withdrawn his candidacy, "disgusted beyond all description" by Samuel Parr

With carbon copy of letter from R. A. Butler to Theo Constantine, 19 Jul. 1962.

Includes notes on Heinrich Ritter's History of Ancient Philosophy, George Grote's History of Greece, a draft of a paper given on "The Accentuation of Ancient Greek" dated Nov. 12, 1860, as well as a translation of Act I of Goethe's "Götz von Berlichingen".

Longmans, Green, & Co., 6 & 7 Clifford Street, London, W.1.—They cite a review of V. L. Griffith's Experiments in Education.

With carbon copy of letter from R. A. Butler to Fredi and Edmund Cawtrell, 17 Apr. 1953

Candid photograph of Trevelyan in a chair on a patio. Dated on verso.

1 Portsmouth St., Lin[coln's] Inn Fields W.C. - Was a competitor in the Burns Centenary competition; can Houghton assist hihm to better employment in the Newspaper Press Fund; currently clerk and collector to Mr. Crooks.

6 Alfred Place, Blackfriars. - Knows the Howitts, W. S. Landor, Macready and Freiligrath; has no means to support his invalid wife, though has been helped by Disraeli and Peel; gave up tutorship in classics last year to edit a 'new London Weekly Newspaper' which made him ill with over-work and failed; is ineligible for Literary Fund aid as he has not yet published anything independently; poems contributed to Howitt's Journal have been published in America but are delayed here owing to depression of the times; will resume teaching but needs funds; encloses letters [return requested]. Mr Howitt has been ruined by a literary speculation.

Huish, Devon. - Part of beginning of letter missing. Encouraged by Houghton's support of David Gray; has been writing since the age of 10; is now 49 and has published three volumes; some details missing; had hoped to promote a final publication by success in the Calderon competition; what were the shortcomings of his entry? Disappointed that no prizes were awarded; time allowed was too short, especially for a clergyman during Lent.