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MS note in hand of G. M. Trevelyan below the letter: 'T.B.M.'s letter about his nephew George Trevelyan at Cambridge. Last side very interesting about old and new methods of scholarship at Cambridge. Donaldson and Shilleto were famous Cambridge 'coaches'. As to the last sentence, [approving that G. O. Trevelyan lives in 'an atmosphere reeking with Carlylism, Ruskinism, Browningism, and other equally noxious isms, without the slightest taint of the morbific virus'.] a year or two after Macaulay's death (Dec. 1859), his nephew George's favourite modern writers (barring T.B.M. were precisely Carlyle, Browning and Ruskin, and always remained so'. A note added at a later date reads: 'In 1860, after his uncle's death, GOT did coach with Shilleto, as letters from him to Shilleto show'.

MS note in hand of G. M. Trevelyan below the letter: 'T.B.M. to his sister Hannah Lady Trevelyan. These were the days when he discovered how seriously ill he was. See Life [and Letters of Lord Macaulay, G. O. Trevelyan] Chap. XIII'.

MS note in hand of G. M. Trevelyan below the letter: 'Letter of (Sir) Charles Trevelyan to Sir Walter Trevelyan of Wallington about Macaulay's accumulation of material for his History of England. The first one (1840) shows what the design was in his head at that time'.

A note at the end of the letter in pencil asks 'Did he [Charles Trevelyan] expect to go back to India?', and a note in pen replies 'yes'; another note in pen records 'On Jan. 20th became assistant Sec. Treasurer'.

MS note in hand of G. M. Trevelyan below the letter: 'Letter of (Sir) Charles Trevelyan to Sir Walter Trevelyan of Wallington about Macaulay's accumulation of material for his History of England'.

MS note in hand of G. M. Trevelyan below the letter: 'T. B. M's letter to his father on the happy solution of the Slavery Bill crisis, on which see Life and Letters [of Lord Macaulay, by G. O. Trevelyan] Chap. V (Seal of the India Commission)'.

MS note in hand of G. M. Trevelyan at the top of the letter: 'Copy of letter of T. B. M.'s Announcing Hannah's engagement to Charles E. Trevelyan and describing him to his other favourite sister Margaret Cropper. Quoted largely but not fully in the Life and Letters [of Lord Macaulay, by G. O. Trevelyan]. The parts there omitted are here erased in pencil by G. O. T...' An asterisk in red pencil by the last sentence matches with a note to the side, also in red and in an unknown hand: 'Not in fact so. Many discrepancies between these erasures and quoted version'. G. M. Trevelyan also notes above the date, 'Margaret was dead ere it reached her'.

On the back of the final pages there is a note by Edward and Margaret Cropper (née Denman, his third wife): 'The whole of this letter is placed unreservedly in your power to do as like with about publishing all or parts. We should like if agreeable to you to have all concerning Margaret published, as this letter happens to put before one exactly his feelings to his two favourite sisters - & is both curious and touching. E. & M. C.' G. M. Trevelyan adds: 'The Croppers' note to G. O. T. in sending him a copy of this letter for his biography. A generous note'.

MS note in hand of G. M. Trevelyan below the letter: 'T. B. M's letter to his sister Hannah. July 11 1833 quoted in Life and Letters [of Lord Macaulay, by G. O. Trevelyan] Chap. V (It is sealed with the Macaulay crest - a boot)'.

MS note in hand of G. M. Trevelyan below the letter: 'T. B. M to his sister Hannah. Oct. 14 1833. Quoted from in the Life [and Letters of Lord Macaulay, by G. O. Trevelyan] Chap. IV'.

MS note in hand of G. M. Trevelyan below the letter: 'T. B. M to his sister Hannah. May 31 1831 quoted from in the Life [and Letters of Lord Macaulay, by G. O. Trevelyan] Chap. IV'.

MS note in hand of G. M. Trevelyan below the letter: 'T. B. M to his sister Hannah May 27 1831. Partly quoted in the Life [and Letters of Lord Macaulay by G. O. Trevelyan] Chap. IV'.

MS note in hand of G. M. Trevelyan below the letter: 'T. B. M to his sister Hannah. The passage on the third side about their sorrow for G[eorge] IV is, I fear, ironical...'

MS note in hand of G. M. Trevelyan pasted in at the bottom of the page: 'Three letters of Hannah Macaulay to her cousin Tom Babington, about her brother Tom Macaulay, whom L[or]d Lansdowne was at the time putting into Parliament for Calne'.

MS note in hand of G. M. Trevelyan below letter. 'Letter of Apr. 8 refers to T. B. M.'s maiden speech [in Parliament] on Jewish disabilities, described and quoted in the Life and Letters [of Lord Macaulay by G. O. Trevelyan]'. Another note in Trevelyan's hand pasted in at the bottom of the page: 'Three letters of Hannah Macaulay to her cousin Tom Babington, about her brother Tom Macaulay, whom L[or]d Lansdowne was at the time putting into Parliament for Calne'.

MS note in hand of G. M. Trevelyan pasted in at the bottom of the page: 'Three letters of Hannah Macaulay to her cousin Tom Babington, about her brother Tom Macaulay, whom L[or]d Lansdowne was at the time putting into Parliament for Calne'.

MS note in hand of G. M. Trevelyan below the letter: 'T. B. M to his sister Hannah.. June 10 1831 quoted from in Life and Letters [of Lord Macaulay by G. O. Trevelyan] Chap. IV'.

MS note in hand of G. M. Trevelyan below the letter: 'Copy of Letter of T. B. M. explaining why he can no longer write for Knight's Quarterly'.

MS note in hand of G. M. Trevelyan below the letter: 'Prize College essay on William III by T. B. M., 1822. See Life and Letters [of Lord Macaulay by G. O. Trevelyan]'.

First line: ‘Says Sir John to his Spouse as together they Sat’.

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Transcript

Says S[i]r John to his Spouse as together they Sat
Shall we first go to Supper, or else you know what
With an Innocent smile, reply’d the good Lady
My D[ea]r what you please, but Supper’s not ready

The sketch is captioned ‘Pleasures of Bathing No II. Bathing in Windermere’. One of the men is saying ‘Look out! here’ some more coming round this way’, the other ‘Hollo here are a boat load of women. & I cant get my trousers on!’ A sequel to the sketch on the preceding page.

‘Se nosse et corrigere, veraque fide et sancta vita Deo jungi, quotidiana nostra sit exercitatio.’ ‘Symb. C.E.R.T.A.N.D.U.M.’ Dated at Jena. Addressed to Dietrich.

(Designed and engraved by Adriaan Shoonebeek.)

Numbered 7.