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.

Letter from Gerard Manley Hopkins (St. Beuno's College, St. Asaph, North Wales) to Alexander William Mowbray Baillie, referring to Baillie's illness; Hopkins' sisters, Milicent, Kate and Grace; the use of the word 'flit'; the study of Arabic, Hebrew and Egyptian; his impending examination in moral theology and ordination.

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.

Letter from Gerard Manley Hopkins (Manresa House, Roehampton, S. W.) to Alexander William Mowbray Baillie, referring to his life and work in Glasgow; the poor Northern Irish and their language; his present noviceship in London; the travel plans of [Alfred William] Garrett. Asks Baillie's opinion on Wagner's 'Nibelungs' Ring'.

Letter from Gerard Manley Hopkins (8 Salisbury Street, Liverpool) to Alexander William Mowbray Baillie, referring to his work in Liverpool; Lancastrians and Oxonians; the translation of an Egyptian text by the Biblical Archaeological Society; the poverty in his district; his plans to move; [Alfred William] Garrett; and Wagner.