Letter from Gerard Manley Hopkins (Oak Hill, Hampstead, N. W.) to Alexander William Mowbray Baillie, discussing his thoughts on being home; details of a visit to Edgeware; the architecture of a church in Edgeware; his mother not wishing him to fast. Encloses 'An Essaye Morall and Political' by Francis Lo. Verulam [Francis Bacon, Viscount St. Alban]. Requests a copy of Baillie's 'Grass is my Garland'.