Letter from Gerard Manley Hopkins (Stonyhurst, Whalley, Lancashire) to Alexander William Mowbray Baillie, referring to his study of scholastic logic; his reading; the weather; the scenery and life in Lancashire; and his pleasure at receiving news of a literary nature.

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.