They have been following his physical and artistic progress with great interest, it bringing back memories of their stay in Italy 12 years previously; speaks of the impact of the Vatican frescoes; thanks God for a taste for the fine arts, a luxury like a rose, expounds on the place of God in art and the efforts of the Nazarene school in Rome; questions whether Richmond should withdraw from portrait painting and turn to devotional subjects in the light of his present success and family prospects;
Mr. Forster does well in his new parish of Stisted, Essex, they visited Battersea Rise recently and saw the family; provides news on the health of
Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, Mr. Cockburn, Mr. Pennington, Mr. Dunn,
Sir H. Russell; young Robert Harry Inglis Synott is flourishing.