Additional Manuscripts b

Thanks her for letting him see 'these most interesting proofs', and states that he quite understands that she will have to shorten the draft. Refers to some 'scraps' written to Dakyns, which are 'not worthy of insertion'. In answer to questions she had put to him, claims that he cannot remember the exact date of a letter about 'In Memoriam'; that the reference to Wilfrid Ward is to an article on his [Tennyson's] father; and that the reference to Leslie Stephen is to 'an attack of his on the "Idylls of the King"....'. Suggests that a reference to 'Tod' might be to Todd, and refer to 'Todd's "Parliamentary Government in the British Colonies." ' Refers to notes in his father's autobiography - Memoir of Alfred Lord Tennyson - in relation to the interpretation of a letter. Adds that he hopes that NS' brother - Arthur Balfour - 'will s[ ] Parliament soon - for the feeling of unrest [ ] to Arnold Foster and Co is becoming rampant.' Sends his wife's kindest remembrances.