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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send a revised version as it is to be published; thanks for Stirling's information on the Book of Emblems: it must be unpublished as he does not know it; returns Stirling's letter [no longer present].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

15 rue Git-le-Coeur, Paris. - Bill for erotic books bound [?] on Milnes' behalf.

22 St Peter's Green, Bedford. Dated July 20, 1889 - Offers a transcript of Mr Beardmore's answers to Frazer's anthropological questions [not transcribed]; is thinking of working up his own notes on the Torres Straits Islanders and the Daudai natives from New Guinea north of the Torres Strait; also encloses a newspaper cutting from 'Torres Straits Pilot' [not transcribed].

3 Storey's Way, Cambridge. - Thanks Rouse Ball for sending him the Cayley MSS, which he is very glad to have. Was at school with Cayley's son Henry; remembers doing Latin prose with him, and the 'various mathematical adventures' they had together; regrets not hearing of his later life.

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Includes letters to Sraffa and drafts of Sraffa's out-letters.