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With stamp and note acknowledging receipt of payment.

Buckingham Palace Hotel. - Lady Galway asks her to send 'these precious letters' to Houghton; is 'glad to return to the son, a part of the debt I owe to the father'; knew the first Lord Houghton from 1869 until his death, and he was often a visitor at her house when in America; she gave him his 'first large reception' in New York and had the pleasure of being with him in Rome in 1885, when he wrote her the 'pretty Valentine' she now sends. Has 'never met so curious a combination of wit and tender heart'; thinks Houghton's 'own lines should be his epitaph: "A helping hand to the weak /A friendly hand to the friendless...'.

Has other letters of his at her country home and left them behind when she left hurriedly to reach London for the Jubilee and could not find them; asks if she may send them if she does.

Torquay.

Concerning the proposed marriage between Hawkshaw's daughter Editha and Burlton Bennett .

New Inn Hall, Oxford. - Met Houghton at Teddesley; seeks nomination as Queen's Messenger or House of Commons Clerk; father's ill health prevents his acting on writer's behalf.

Therapia. - Does not have the authority to get Mr [Leader's?] protégé into the Turkish army; has only obtained a few posts; the Turks do not favour the admission of Christians into their services. Congratulations on marriage; Mrs Milnes' father was one of his earliest friends.

5 New Ormond St., Queen Square. - Became a Surveyor of Stamps and Taxes at Somerset House through Milnes' influence but finds responsibility too great; Mr [John?] Thornton has written to Sir Thomas Fremantle to ask him to exchange appointment for a clerkship; Sir Thomas is waiting to see what Milnes thinks. Contains copy letter from Malkin to Sir Thomas Fremantle, 1 Mar. 1843: furnishes evidence of handwriting and education; has heard from his father that Milnes is to return to London in a few weeks; sure he will approve exchange of appointment; speech impediment derives from nervousness but would decrease when accustomed to business.

55 Grosvenor Place. - Her son has failed an army examination; seeks nomination to a Militia Regiment with recommendation to a commission for 1879.

Also showing Richard Burridge as Heartfree and David Alexander as Constant. 'Photo by Keith Rose' stamped on back. Typed strip, 'You gave me two kisses, I shall give you... two hundred', glued to back.

Arrangements for a public meeting at Trinity

Has warned the Speaker of CJM's supplementary question, situation in Greece

Sorry that Reeve is prepared to publish the article against J H Monk, reasons for believing that his position is incorrect

Two of the same photograph by Palmer Clarke, Cambridge.

21 Chatham Place, Pitt Street, Old Kent Road. - Thanks for sovereign, which was delayed by misdirection of letter; is seeking post as literary assistant; quotes letter sent by Sir Richard Phillips a few months before his death. Postscript: has written many articles for *The Mechanic's Magazine but Mr Robertson has only sent £1 relief; John Thelwall was a kind friend.

Colonial Office. - The Duke of Buckingham will consider [John?] Arthur for a Colonial appointment, but cannot offer the Chief Justiceship of Tobago.

With four seals of the Ambassade d'Autriche, Londres.

Venice, addressed to Milnes at 26 Pall Mall, London.

Penistone near Sheffield.

27 Piccadilly, London. - For expenses incurred in 1872.

Stamp noting the receipt of the balance pasted in at bottom and dated 8 Feb. 1873 over the top, with the signature of Robert [?] Lines.

Trin: Coll: - Everyone who has seen WW's Address to the Archbishop of Canterbury 'thoroughly approves of it'.

Trinity College, Cambridge. - Will dine with Professor Joachim tomorrow, along with Ries, Straus and Daubert [Taubert?]

The papers in this folder have been loosely bound together. They belong to the "Mémoire sur la science de l'homme" by Claude-Henri de Saint-Simon. The headings which occur among the papers include the following:
"Préface"
"Utilité pour l'espèce humaine"
"Première partie"
"Série | Plus générale et plus complette des idées capitales de Vic=d'Ajw"
"Cause de la lenteur des progrès de l'Anatomie"
"Sciences physiques"
"Résumé de l'histoire du sauvage de l'Aveyron et des faits démontrés par les observations précédentes"
"Conclusion | de Cette première Livraison"
"Lettre aux Physiologistes"