To Mrs Ruxton from Edgeworthstown - return of Fanny Edgeworth from staying with Richard Ruxtons at Kingstown - M. Sneyd, William and Honora Edgeworth at Byrkley Lodge - the Edward Sneyds - Captain Beaufort at Liverpool - visit to Ireland of the 2 Emmeline Kings - Harriet Edgeworth's schoolhouse - Mrs Hemans' Siege of Valencia - Quin's Letters from Spain - article in Quarterly Review by Blanco White - Dr Holland - Captain Parry and Miss Brown - Captain Parry's account of voyage - Lyons and Franklin - exploration in Africa - electricity - Perkins - Sir H. Davy - Wollaston - Baron de Staël and Geneva - Walter Scott and Karaboo - popular credulity - Quentin Durward - Peveril of the Peak - Prince Hohenlohe and pamphlets - miracles - a bell at Abbotsford - the Thurtell murder