Letters predominantly to William Sterndale Bennett. Among the correspondents (in alphabetical order) are: Crowther Alwyn, Henry Bishop, Geoffrey Bush, Exhibition of 1851 and 1862, Julius Kistner and Robert Ponsonby. The 20th-century correspondence refers mainly to events related to Sterndale Bennett's anniversaries. Also present is William Sterndale Bennett's passport of 1871. There is an index at the front of the volume.