“You will come (if you come to the sermon) and any friends,—thro’ the Deanery at 2.45 on Sunday.
“Yours sincerely,
“A. P. Stanley.”
Some time after this I sent him one of my theological articles on the Life after Death. He acknowledged it thus kindly:—
“Deanery, November 2nd.
“Dear Miss Cobbe,
“Many thanks. Your writing on this subject is to me more nearly to the truth—at least more nearly to my hopes and desires—than almost any others which are now floating around us.
“Yours sincerely,
“A. P. Stanley.”
This next letter again referred to one of my books—and to Cardinal Newman:—