Letters

'Pray read Kingslake's book - nothing else is talked of and you ought to be able to join in such a conversation' (1 Feb); the Prince's invitation to Charles and three others - 'I will appoint you a Lieutenant in the Bucks Militia which will give you a beautiful coat' (23 Feb); Charles's present to the Prince of Wales on the latter's marriage (2,5 Mar); exhortations to work for his degree which is so important for his future career; 'a capital ball at the Rothschilds' (30 April); 'A balcon just passed over the house - it frightened the work people terribly' (26 June); 'I got here (Gayhurst) yesterday via Aylesbury per rail for 1s.9d.: the journey formerly cost £5 for a pair of horses and occupied seven hours' (24 Oct); 'I send you copies of Disraeli's letter to me, of my reply and of his rejoinder ... you must remember these letters must be locked up and not left about' (14 Nov); 'cannot you come over for a night and let us look at an A.M.' (24 Nov:)