Janus: Papers of William Kingdon Clifford

Trinity/CLIF contains:
A1	Letters to family members; offprint of an obituary; letters to Sir (William) Frederick Pollock, Bt
A2	Letters to Lucy Clifford (née Lane); verses.
A3	Letters to Frederick Pollock; draft letters.
A4	Correspondence between W. K. and Lucy Clifford and Frederick and Georgina Pollock.
A5	Final letters, etc.
A6	Letters to Lucy Clifford regarding W. K. Clifford.
A7	Letters to Frederick Pollock regarding W. K. Clifford
A8	Letters to Frederick Pollock regarding W. K. Clifford
A9	Letters from Lucy Clifford to Frederick Pollock regarding W. K. Clifford.
B1	Scrapbook
C1	Newspapers and journals containing obituaries and other articles relating to W. K. Clifford.
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Papers of William Kingdon Clifford

Title	Letters to Lucy Clifford (née Lane); verses.
Reference	A2
Covering Dates	1863?-79?
Extent and Medium	1 file

Content and context

Trinity/CLIF/A2 contains:

Letter from W. K. Clifford to [Lucy Lane]. (Place of writing not indicated.) Thanks her for her long letter, 'all along of my telling you about my Sunday talks', and for sending him the Gibbon. Has secured 'miladi' [Lady Pollock] and Moss to go with them to the play tomorrow. Dr Corfield is going with him to inspect the house on Thursday. Has asked his agent whether, if he takes it for three or more years, the proprietor will either decrease the rent or let his holding commence at Christmas. Mrs Sitwell wants them to go to tea with her after his lecture on Sunday [possibly 'Body and Mind', at the Sunday Lecture Society, 1 November 1874]; she has been working 'like a slave' at the working women's college. Her letter made him very happy; 'it is quite clear we only want to understand each other to agree on everything that is important....You can't conceive how lonely I have felt since I lost the only mind that had really grown up with my own [G. R. Crotch, who died on 16 June 1874]'. Discusses in detail his views on Christianity.
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[Oct. 1874?]

Letter from W. K. Clifford to [Lucy Clifford]. (Combe Bank, Sevenoaks.) Has found his collars; hopes to find his socks too before coming home. Is sorry to hear about Smut. Discusses Cyril and Hughie's [William Spottiswoode's two sons'] activities. Wishes she were there to enjoy the mushrooms. Fred Pollock has sent him an account of a lecture he is giving at the Royal Institution 'in words of one syllable' [his evening discourse on Spinoza, 20 April 1877]. . (Dated Sunday.) .
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[Mar. 1877?]

Letter from W. K. Clifford to [Lucy Clifford]. (Combe Bank, Sevenoaks.) Yesterday they went to see the Darwins [at Down House], with the object of persuading George Darwin to lecture at the Royal Institution on 'the figure of the Earth'; he was unwilling, but may come round. 'The grand old man' [Charles Darwin] talked beautifully. The Darwins are reading the '[Modern] Symposium' [in the Nineteenth Century], but have only got as far as Martineau, who [Charles] Darwin thinks 'too flowery'. On the way back they stopped at the home of Sir John Lubbock [High Elms, near Bromley], who is presently 'at his antics' at Biarritz. They were given tea by Lady Lubbock, who was 'much wickeder than usual' because the 'Archbishopess of Canterbury' [Catharine Tait] was there. She told them all about her daughter [Amy]'s marriage [15 March 1877]. 'The next girl but one [Gertrude], with whom I went bird'snesting at Grant Duff's, is grown very lovely.' The Moultons are coming today to stay till Friday, so that he will be able to go back with them. Looks forward to seeing her and the 'dear little kid'. Commends [George Eliot's novel]Daniel Deronda. 'It is exactly opposite to that poor creature Mallock, who catches superficial traits of men one knows to be great, and makes them mean' [Mallock had satirised Clifford and others in his novel The New Republic].. (Dated Wednesday.) .
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[Mar. 1877?]

Letter from W. K. Clifford to [Lucy Clifford]. (Combe Bank, Sevenoaks.) He set off [yesterday] to Sevenoaks with Hughie, intending to post his letter [A2/3] early, but they were delayed by rain. The Moultons and Spottiswoode, whom they met at the station, were all in great form, including Bibs [Hugh Moulton]. 'That thunderstorm was caused by the great induction coil which took advantage of Mr Spottiswoode's absence to get loose and play general hell.' Has been playing billiards with Moulton. It is not yet settled what train they will leave by tomorrow. Has received £10 from Knowles for the 'Symposium' [i.e. for his article 'The Influence upon Morality of a Decline in Religious Belief']. .
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[Mar. 1877?]

Text and verse translation of Heine's poem 'Wenn ich in deine Augen seh', in the hand of W. K. Clifford. (Letter-head of Trinity College, Cambridge.).
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[1863 x 1871]

Verses in the hand of W. K. Clifford, beginning 'I hold you once more to my heart'.
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[1870s]

Verses in the hand of W. K. Clifford, beginning 'You grow through the water apace, lily', with a sketch of a bust and a note [to Lucy Lane?] signed 'Ιύμβω' ('Jumbo').
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[1870s]