Includes Lionel Tennyson's verse "Annotated edition of uneasy lies the head that wears a stolen hat, an unhappy story" with a note by H. M. Butler dated 1901 identifying the author and circumstances. Another poem from J. H. R. to M. S. K. [James Henry Ramsay to Mary Scott Kerr] is dated 1861, and a postcard to Mme. F. Galton in Cannes is unsigned and dated from Florence, April 14, 1893.
Regrets that he cannot come to visit Sidgwick in Cambridge that year. Explains that he could not leave home before 16 December, and that [Francis Warre?] Cornish is coming to stay on 20 December. Invites Sidgwick to visit him on his way to [John Jermyn?] Cowell, or after his visit. Informs him that if he comes soon after Christmas he will find [John Burnell?] Payne there, and probably Dr [David?] and Mrs Rowland. Mentions that [Oscar?] Browning might also pay a visit. Describes the search for water by 'young Okeden', and how it was discovered that an underground stream to a well in the village ran from north to south. Reports that the 'Tennyson boys' told him that the Times reported that their father had changed college 'in consequence of a quarrel with her bread and butter'. States that Tennyson was in no other college but Trinity.