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Letter from Killarney, Ireland, arguing that 'there is reason in [Kate Roget's] present state of mind, but also some desease'.The difficulty with EJR's suggestion for her is 'to find a clergyman' who will not 'perplex her with arguments as to Church…

Note from Clarges Street arranging a visit.

Letter from West Dingle, Liverpool, reporting that she is recovering well, but is not well enough to return to London and attend Dr [Francis] Cary's classes. She considers that 'Dr [James] Booth's neglect' accounts for the decline in entrants to the…

Letter from Clarges Street expressing her delight that 'all has turned out right at last' about John Roget, and reporting that she has entered a drawing class under the superintendance of Mr Armytage and feels almost 'traitor to you & Mr Cary'.

Letter from Farmfield reporting that she and her mother are undecided about where to live [after her father's death]. They have been visiting the Lake District, and called on Miss [Harriet] Martineau, where the conversation was 'entirely mesmeric'.…

Letter from Tintagel, Cornwall, on holiday with Kate and John Roget. She describes her journey from Barnstaple to Bude.

Letter from Llandudno, where EAB is recovering from illness, but well enough to scramble about on the Great Orme and the Little Orme, although 'Mother is by no means as strong & active as she used to be'. Other companions are the Lawrence family of…

Letter from The Shrubbery [Uncle Richard Yates's house?] apologising for her seemingly harsh words about the College, but worried that EJR was 'quite worn out last spring' and allowed herself no rest when in Malvern. She reports that EJR's scheme for…

Letter [from the College] recommending that EJR state in full the title of Mr Tayler's lectures on Elementary principles of Morals as applied to the Duties & Pursuits of Women [ Rev. John James Tayler, Professor of Moral Philosophy 1854-5?], and that…

Letter from Cliff Lodge, Sandown, Isle of Wight, reporting that Ashton [her brother] has no time to write. There were 177 casuaties in his regiment [the Scots Guards at the Battle of Alma].