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Concerns the correspondence between Fanny Kemble and his grandparents, and Mr Thompson's book on his grandfather, Mr Longfellow.

Sends her the text of two letters written by Fanny Kemble to John Murray Forbes found in the papers of the Hon. W. Cameron Forbes, one time Governor-General of the Phillippine Islands, and later American ambassador to Japan, which were deposited in the archives of the Massachusetts Historical Society.

In response to Lyn Newman's enquiry, gives the details of two pamphlets attributed to Fanny Kemble.

Sends her Princeton address. Describes the place they are staying in with friends in New York. Encourages the Woolfs to visit America. Mentions the "wild unspoilt country". Refers to Edward's schooling in a Princeton nursery and discusses the impact it will have on their plans to move. Hopes to start an American-style nursery school when she returns to Cross Farm. Mentions that she has been working at the Princeton University Library and her book on Fanny Kemble is going ahead well because of the material to which she has had access. Discusses the pros and cons of having books put on film. Hopes to make a research visit to Georgia to see Fanny's husband's plantations. Complains about not meeting enough Americans. Describes shopping in America.

Includes Lyn Newman's original poetry; material relating to 'So much love, so little money' and 'Field with Geese'; a copy of 'So much love, so little money' (London: Faber and Faber, 1957) with Lyn Newman's planned amendments on interleaved pages; typescript/manuscript 'Boswell in the nursery'; typescript 'The duck who wanted a boat' with illustrations and a draft letter from Max Newman to B.L. Williamson dated 26 Apr. 1976; research for a life of Fanny Kemble, including photographs and letters; typescript article 'A cure for family tension: sending the children away at two months' submitted by Lyn Newman to The Times, with two letters dated 1958.

Reports on the progress of her biography of Fanny Kemble. Mentions that Owen Wister, Fanny Kemble's grandson has been helpful. Refers to her visit to the plantations on St Simon's Island and Butler's Island which were owned by Fanny Kemble's husband. Regrets that Macmillan are publishing a biography of Fanny Kemble by Margaret Armstrong but is encouraged by the knowledge that some of her material will not have been known to this author.

Thanks him for proposing her as the author of his book about the Prince Imperial but explains that she is working on a book about Fanny Kemble.