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Addressed to 'Monsieur Le Comte'. Requests that he not be given Bapaume in place of Avernes for his protégé. Regrets that he cannot go to Versailles to attend on the Comte. Note of instruction in another hand at the top of the letter.

Pencil note at bottom of the letter suggests that it was written in the time of Louis XV.

Sewn cover with "L.D." on spine on a copy of Lorna Doone owned by Arthur Munby, with his note at back, "The heling of this copy, and the lettering thereof, were done by my Hannah. 1900."

75 Eaton Rise, Ealing, W. Has read Munby’s article on Alice de Chambrier with pleasure; is glad he was the Fielding as it will never be reprinted; includes verses he wrote in Lady Dorothy Nevill’s copy of Walpole.

(Marked by Greg, ‘See Duff’s letter’, i.e. MSPB 24.)

Appointing Léonard Verger as bailiff (huissier) of Nevers after the death of Jean Gagnard. Also signed by 'Monseigneur de Saint Hilaire'.

Trinity Lodge, Cambridge - Regrets he cannot give a lecture on the Great Exhibition and its effects on the future as he has not been one of its organisers, who will have a better idea of its effects; believes that Prince Albert only meant to describe the type of person to give the lecture, not to point to Whewell specifically.

Records a day with Whitley Stokes and Gabriel Rossetti, in which Christina’s poems were read to them by Gabriel.

Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd, 44 Museum Street, London, W.C.1.—Sends page-proofs and refers to the air-raids.

10 Lauriston Road, Wimbledon.—The Bibliographical Society thank him for his List of English Plays, and he has been elected a member of Council.

Queen's Hotel, No. 71, Queen's Road, Bayswater, London -- Sends the book and asks for assistance in obtaining a copy of an elementary treatise on the tides by 'Lubock' or 'Luccock', as he has seen it variously spelled [William Lubbock]; is about to return to America.

109 St George's Square, S.W. -- Is sorry to hear of his accident, asks that he accept one of her copies of Bridle Paths: is glad to send to anyone who remembers as she does.

Printed letter announcing the Elizabethan Stage Society production of Doctor Faustus in July 1896 with a related printed notice and printed play notes for the Westminster School play Trinummus on 11 December 1879.

Board of Trade, S.W. -- Has a few copies of his new selection of verses on large paper for 12/6 and wonders if Munby wants one or knows someone who does; would have sent it to him but intends to give him another work in thanks for a pleasant Sunday in "No=Man's=land." Accompanied by Dobson's calling card and a cutting of the poem "The Toyman" from The Saturday Review 28 Jan. 1888.

75 Eaton Rise, Ealing, London, W. -- Given Munby's scrupulous habits of correspondence, Dobson wonders if Munby received the Evelyn Prefaces, which he addressed to "Beach Hotel, Seaton."

75, Eaton Rise, Ealing, W. -- Sends the book and will be glad to know what Munby thinks of it, says the Morning Post alleges he wastes his time on trivial topics, that he has no critical power, or ideas, depressing for a man of sixty-eight who cannot change his spots.

Is going to Oakham with Lord Northampton to give a lecture on the history and architecture of that place; sends his book, remarks that he wants to learn more from the Pipe rolls of Henry III and his three successors; admires Schlegel: 'The day I first opened the pages of Schlegel a new world of ideas burst on my mind'.

Teston Rectory, Maidstone - Sends a copy of a work by a pupil of his who has just been admitted to [Trinity College].

10 Northwick House, St John's Wood Rd, NW 8. Encloses his book, which has been privately printed.

Buffalo, N.Y. Was unable to publish the “Year Book of Poetry” to which Munby subscribed. Thanks him for the Vistigia Retrorsum poems, which he is about to present as part of his library to his public library, and asks for a photograph to send the library as well. Sends the collection, In My Lady’s Name.

Encloses a printed Introduction containing a letter from Lord Jeffrey about Sydney Smith's book Elementary sketches of moral philosophy.

Cannes -- Admires Mrs Litchfield, who has given her a copy of A Century of Darwin Letters; has been ill, which has delayed her departure; refers to tensions between France and Germany.

19 Dean's Yard, Westmr. S.W. - Describes a 'disorderly scene' in [Westminster] School on Shrove Tuesday, 'the Cook having failed for 3 years to throw the pancake over the bar'; has written a poem about the ensuing fracas, a revised version of which he is sending Whewell.

Presentation letter.

Forwards the verses and addresses in the pamphlet and mentions English stanzas identified in manuscript on the page as by William Johnson (later Cory), and also praises the second English address by [Herbert John] Reynolds KS (King's Scholar). Is happy to find that he will soon be able to make mathematics "an integral part of our system, King's College has smoothed my way".

42. Kidbrook Park Rd., Blackheath S.E. Notifies him the book is on its way and hopes he approves of her choice of his poem.

Park Nook, Prince’s Park, Liverpool.—Comments on Greg’s list of books printed by Thomas Berthelet.