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1. Letter from Gerard Manley Hopkins (Manor Farm, Shanklin, Isle of Wight) to Alexander William Mowbray Baillie, in which he proves 'syllogistically' that Baillie is a 'fool'. Discusses the 'Princess'; his social life; country and sea life; Millais' art; his sketching, reading and painting.


Date:: 1863-07-10
Type/Formats:: Text — Correspondence
Contributors:: Curran, Constantine Peter, 1880-1972 — Hopkins, Gerard Manley, 1844-1889 — Baillie, Alexander William Mowbray, 1843-1921

2. 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.


Date:: 1871-04-10
Type/Formats:: Text — Correspondence
Contributors:: Curran, Constantine Peter, 1880-1972 — Hopkins, Gerard Manley, 1844-1889 — Baillie, Alexander William Mowbray, 1843-1921

3. Letter from Gerard Manley Hopkins (St. Joseph's, Bedford Leigh, near Manchester) to Alexander William Mowbray Baillie, referring to his appointment to Liverpool; a visit from Paravicini and his wife; Alfred William Garrett; recent lectures by Bradlaugh and Annie Besant; the arrest of Irish agitators; the trade and people in Bedford Leigh; the artist Mariano Fortuny; and his reading.


Date:: 1879-11-19/1879-12-02
Type/Formats:: Text — Correspondence
Contributors:: Curran, Constantine Peter, 1880-1972 — Hopkins, Gerard Manley, 1844-1889 — Baillie, Alexander William Mowbray, 1843-1921

4. Letter from Gerard Manley Hopkins (University College, St. Stephen's Green, Dublin) to Alexander William Mowbray Baillie, referring to John Hannah and the Rectory of Brighton; a photograph that Baillie sent; a book on epigraphy; a decision made by Pope Leo XIII; rural and town living; poverty and populations; an incident at the Battle of Majuba Hill, South Africa; and Gladstone.


Date:: 1888-05-01
Type/Formats:: Text — Correspondence
Contributors:: Curran, Constantine Peter, 1880-1972 — Hopkins, Gerard Manley, 1844-1889 — Baillie, Alexander William Mowbray, 1843-1921

5. Letter from Gerard Manley Hopkins (The Oratory, Edgbaston, Birmingham) to Alexander William Mowbray Baillie, referring to his students; a previous letter regarding 'The Lady with the Camellias'; writers and morality; a photograph of 'one of Ghiberti's bronze gate panels from the Florence duomo'; and books he has read.


Date:: 1867-09-15
Type/Formats:: Text — Correspondence
Contributors:: Curran, Constantine Peter, 1880-1972 — Hopkins, Gerard Manley, 1844-1889 — Baillie, Alexander William Mowbray, 1843-1921

6. Letter from Gerard Manley Hopkins (Blunt House, Croydon) to Alexander William Mowbray Baillie, discussing his reading and writing; the writing of poetry of 'inspiration'; Parnassianism; 'The Odyssey' and Homer.


Date:: 1864-09-10/1864-09-11
Type/Formats:: Text — Correspondence
Contributors:: Curran, Constantine Peter, 1880-1972 — Hopkins, Gerard Manley, 1844-1889 — Baillie, Alexander William Mowbray, 1843-1921

7. Letter from Gerard Manley Hopkins (The Oratory) to Alexander William Mowbray Baillie, referring to books he has read and not read; Alfred William Garrett; Baillie and a fellowship; Ruskin's new book; Aristotle; his study of the violin; his health; his teaching; his mother's opinion of him taking religious orders; Mrs Cunliffe & other acquaintances. Requests help in securing a tutorship.


Date:: 1868-02-12
Type/Formats:: Text — Correspondence
Contributors:: Curran, Constantine Peter, 1880-1972 — Hopkins, Gerard Manley, 1844-1889 — Baillie, Alexander William Mowbray, 1843-1921