“My dear Milman,—. . . Thanks for your kind note. In addition to that long expected, but still painful blow, my little girl of three years has fallen downstairs and broken an arm, poor thing; but she is doing well; and when something re-established, if you don’t come up to town I think I shall invade you on my first excursus. I want to talk with you about various matters. Meantime, have you any stray leaves of verse, original or translations, you could entrust to my hand in case of a thing being suddenly begun which we spoke of as proper to be attempted? There appears to be an embryo getting into some signs of life.—Yours ever very truly,
