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6, The College, Glasgow. Dated February 25th, 1898 - Thanks him for ['Pausanias's Description of Greece']; admires the maps and the 'real English' that Frazer has managed in his translation; is translating Tacitus; is touched and honoured by the dedication, the 'highest satisfaction a teacher can have' that he has started an interest in classical work capable of leading to such results.

Family background, letters, diaries and so on, original material 1865-1972, with copies of items dating from 1794 onwards.

Includes: a printed letter to the editor of the Sunday Times by Shaffer, 19 Nov. 2000, an incomplete copy of an article in the Sunday Times about the letter and the controversy, and an introduction piece, "The Final Amadeus," several incomplete articles about Amadeus by Shaffer, and a photocopy of the letter to the Sunday Times by H. C. Robbins Landon. Accompanied by the original folder, labelled "Misc Amadeus" in Dennis Aspland's hand

Full title: Horace Walpole’s Marginal Notes written in Dr Maty's Miscellaneous Works and Memoirs of the Earl of Chesterfield: 2 vols, 4to, 1777. Communicated by R. S. Turner Esq., the possessor of the volumes

West Derby. - Has returned proof to Whittingham but will send a revised version as it is to be published; thanks for Stirling's information on the Book of Emblems: it must be unpublished as he does not know it; returns Stirling's letter [no longer present]. Letter contains sketch of cherub and a butterfly. Enclosed: printed bookplate of J. E. Hodgkin in antique style [1865?].

Aldenham. - Will send 38 letters from James II to the Abbé de Rancé of La Trappe, as requested: Houghton must judge whether the finished article at over 100 pages would be too long; cannot supply anything requiring a lengthy introduction; the letters contain few new facts about James but have 'a certain psychological interest'.

Description of a visit to Paris with Alice Monk, Constance Monk and their father