[Letter from Gerard Manley Hopkins (Manor Farm, Shanklin) to Alexander William Mowbray Baillie, discussing Baillie as a critic; criticism in general; prejudice; the weather; and his travel plans.]

I must now conclude a dull and, I am afraid you will think, rather impertinent letter. Believe me, dear Baillie,

Yours affectionately, Gerard M. Hopkins

Manor Farm, Shanklin I am obliged to address Edinburgh I facsimile your date

[Hechmont] House It cannot be Hechmont for the H in House is so different. Is it Stechmont, [Ilechmont], Rechmont, [Xechmont] or what?