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162 High Street, Camden Town, N.W. - His poetry has been supported by Houghton and Lord Palmerston; Palmerston granted him £150 from Royal Bounty Fund, faces destitution since Palmerston’s death; asks if Houghton will intercede with Earl Russell.

Clapton. - Thanks Milnes for his interest in [Ferdinand Freiligrath]; some City businesses would gladly employ him despite his poor standing with foreign governments, but there are no vacancies at present. Freiligrath will not yet accept a loan: he is not merely a poet but a real man of business. He has included one of Milnes's poems in a new book of translations. Postscript: a private donation might serve.

The Knoll. - Sending papers [no longer present] on behalf of her aunt Harriet, who cannot intervene with Government on behalf of John Saunders owing to previous refusal of a pension; will Milnes forward the papers and destroy letter to her aunt. Harriet Martineau's feeble health.

Enclosed: letter from Katherine Saunders to Harriet Martineau, [Nov. 1858?]. St. Mary's Grove, Richmond. - Financial struggles of her husband, who has been deprived of work on the Railway Guide; could Martineau induce Bulwer Lytton or Milnes to approach Lord Derby? Her husband gave a successful lecture at Leeds but was too exhausted to appear at Manchester; his play has been his only consolation amid many disappointments. Encloses copy [no longer present] of letter sent to Derby through Bulwer Lytton. (2 ff.)

55 Nicholas Street, Hoxton, London. - Seeks employment; encloses verse; is nineteen and has little education but writes quickly and is vouched trustworthy. Enclosed: sonnet on Milton and longer verses, 'Reigate Hill' and 'Stanzas on Hearing Music'.

Bank, Peckham. - Sorry to hear of Houghton's accident; sends copy of William Harnett Blanch's History of Camberwell and list of Testimonial Fund Committee Members; invites Houghton to preside at Complimentary Dinner at the Crystal Palace on 28 July.

Barton End House, near Nailsworth. - was secretary to Sydney Dobell; his death; she and Dobell's widow wish his great virtues to be recognised; asks if Houghton can persuade Dean Stanley or Mr. Stopford Brooke to perform burial service at HIghgate Cemetery. Dobell wished to express sympathy at Houghton's bereavement but illness made letter-writing impossible; he was never separated from his own wife. Hopes Houghton will write obituary.

Including subscription form.

From unidentified periodical.

Review of memorial volume of verse published by Alphonse Lemerre, Paris.

Annotated, not in Milnes' hand, 'From the Spectator. May 17th 1862'.

Boodles. - Discusses Mrs Blackburne's anxiety about her son's eyesight; he himself has 'little faith in doctors in those cases'; if a change of air would help, she is welcome to send him to spend a month at Bawtry - or Serlby, where Milnes is often. Thinks that if there is anyone who has 'an unalloy'd Felicity', it is Annabel. From the mopy creature, as I saw her first at Madeley, she has sprung into a youth & freshness, beyond belief - younger by at least some dozen years- & in the highest spirits & enjoyments'. She and Richard are 'now making a round of visits in counties new to her - Norfolk & Suffolk', where two of Robert Milnes' sisters 'married early in life'; then they will go on to 'some of Richard's fashionable acquaintances'. Robert will then urge her to join him at Bawtry before the London season begins; asks Mrs Blackburne if she and Fanny would come and spend time with them.

Is currently in town; not at Brook Street as he does not like it, but at his 'old dingy lodgings next St James' St' [his club]; goes back to Bawtry at the end of the week. Discussion of current political situation: does not think their opinions would differ much; reversals in political fortunes, with recollections of the beginning of his own public life. 'But we will have it out, if you come to Bawtry'.

Vigna Balbo, nr Turin. - Letter of introduction for Count Morelli.

Front of book used for 'Serious' quotations (labelled as such on f. 3), beginning with a poem on the death of her mother (d. Nov. 181), an extract from a letter from her mother to her and her sister Eliza, and letters from the Rev. William Hawkesley and her 'dear Aunt Mathew' on her mother's death. Loose sheet inserted between pp. 1-2.

Back of book used for 'Miscellaneous' quotations (labelled as such on f. 1), beginning with 'Mad[am]e de Maintenon's advice to a married woman'. Loose sheets inserted between pp. 38-29 and pp. 44-45.

Henrietta Maria's birth and married names written at both front and back of book.

44 Half Moon Street. - Accepts invitation on behalf of himself and his wife. Thanks Milnes for book; is a bad Classical scholar but his interest has been stimulated by Milnes' poems.

By unidentified writer. From unidentified periodical, Vol. 118 No. 236 pp. 403-430.

Monograph also includes notice of Charles Buller, and is accompanied by engraved photographs of both Lady Baring and Buller. pp 225-255, with proof of p. 257 from another version of the Monograph.

Asks him to forward letter and tell E[liot] Warburton that her address is Castle Martin, Kilcullen, so that he can ensure delivery of a song by Monckton MIlnes.

Notices of meetings, agendas, minutes and reports, arranged in chronological order.

Talk for 'Aus der Welt der Wissenschaft' BBC series, broadcast 1948.
Drafts and correspondence 1947-48.

(Official.) The Governor of Bombay [Lloyd] has recommended that Gandhi should be prosecuted immediately, and has sought the Governor-General [Reading]’s approval. The Governor thinks the main charge should be based on certain articles by Gandhi, particularly ‘A Puzzle and its Solution’, the object of which is to create disaffection against, and so overthrow, the Government. In reply, the Government of India have signified their general agreement with this view, but as they believe that Gandhi’s next move must involve a more direct challenge to the Government than any hitherto attempted, and as they wish to avoid the idea that Gandhi is being prosecuted because he has made a conference impossible, they suggest that prosecution should be deferred till after 31 January, when Gandhi will probably institute civil disobedience. They also prefer that prosecution should be based on more recent statements than those mentioned by the Governor. No fresh reference need be made to them before prosecuting, if Gandhi embarks on an active campaign of civil disobedience.

(Carbon copy.)