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Autograph letter in French, signed, to Jean-Sylvain Van de Weyer.

Autograph letter in French, addressed from "Gand", signed, to Jean-Sylvain Van de Weyer.

Autograph letter addressed from "Dudley House", to Jean-Sylvain Van de Weyer, presenting his compliments and regrets being unable to receive him recently.

Autograph letter in French, signed, to Jean-Sylvain Van de Weyer.

Autograph letter in French, addressed from "Bruxelles", signed, to Jean-Sylvain Van de Weyer.

Autograph letter in French, addressed from "Malines", signed, to Jean-Sylvain Van de Weyer.

Autograph letter in French, addressed from "Carlton Terrace", signed, to Jean-Sylvain Van de Weyer.

Autograph letter addressed from "Eton College", signed, to Jean-Sylvain Van de Weyer, inviting him to breakfast and dinner.

Autograph letter addressed from "Deanery, St Paul’s", signed, to Jean Sylvain Van de Weyer, inviting him to a gathering on Saturday.

Autograph letter, signed, to the Marchioness Wellesley. Bulwer-Lytton presents his compliments and expresses gratitude for Her Ladyship’s kindness. He had hoped to prolong his stay in Dublin to wait on Her Ladyship, however he was unable to on this occasion.

Autograph letter addressed from "36 Hertford Street", signed, regarding the constitution of Belgium.

Autograph letter in French, addressed from "Bruxelles" signed, to Jean-Sylvain Van de Weyer.

Autograph letter in French, signed, to Jean-Sylvain Van de Weyer.

Autograph letter in French, addressed from "Rio de Janeiro", signed, to Jean-Sylvain Van de Weyer.

Autograph letter addressed from "36 Cambridge Terrace, Edgware Road", signed, to Jean-Sylvain Van de Weyer, inviting him to an evening with literary and musical friends on Tuesday evening, where he would be introduced to other guests. He would also like to speak to Van de Weyer about the Belgian railroad.

Autograph letter addressed from the "Foreign Office", to Jean-Sylvain Van de Weyer, requesting an interview with him tomorrow in order to disclose some important communications.

Autograph letter, addressed from "[Acton?] House", signed, to Joshua Bates.

Transcription: “My Dear Sir
I hope eleven o clock this morning, will not be too early an hour for me to call to pay my respects to Mrs Bates, & to congratulate you on your safe arrival.
Yours most truly
Dan[ie]l Webster"

Autograph letter addressed from "Washington", signed “Dan’l Webster”, to Dr. Perkins.

Autograph letter addressed from "5 Parliament St", signed, to Jean Sylvain Van de Weyer, saying he will do himself the honour of waiting on Van de Weyer the next day, and other matters.

Letter from C.S. Lewis to Sir Henry Willink (Master of Magdalene).

Francis had told him that his opinion might be sough about whether to include those 'curious' passages in a new publication of the Pepys diary. As he couldn't be sure of being able to attend the next Governing Body meeting he was writing to set out his opinions.

A prudential and moral problem was involved.

The prudential one was concerned with (a) the chances of prosecution and (b) with the chances of disrepute and ridicule. In the presence if Master and Mickey [Mickey Dias] it would be ridiculous for him to express an opinion both were lawyers]. As to 9b0 a journalist might make the College distasteful t the public for a week or two but what was a few weeks or years in the life of the College and a decision shouldn't be made on that basis.

It came down to whether the inclusion of such passages would lead someone to commit an immoral act they would to have done if they had suppressed them. The effect of words on people's behaviour is impossible to foresee. But the chances of any lechery being caused by a few obscure passages begin published in a very long and expensive work seemed unrealistic.

A very severe moralist might argue that it was not enough to be unable to forsee heaven and one ought before we act to be able to forsee with certainty an absence of heaven. But that was an argument against doing. He was therefore in favour of printing the whole unexpurgated Pepys.

Typed letter (signed) from C.S. Lewis to Sir Henry Willink about the offer to take the chair of Medieval and Renaissance English.

Writes to Sir Henry in his capacity as Master of Magdalene College [he was also Vice-Chancellor of the University].

Thanks him and the College and says inches of bookshelf space was the important factor. In light of the confidential nature of their arrangements he asks how he should respond to any other College offering him a Fellowship. He was a child in such matters.

Typed letter (signed) from C.S. Lewis to Sir Henry Willink about the offer to take the chair of Medieval and Renaissance English.

Writes to Sir Henry in his capacity as Vice-Chancellor of the University [he was also Master of Magdalene College].

The arrangement of election from 1 October 1954 with dispensation until 1 January 1955 was most obliging and would suit him admirably. if he could get away sooner he assumes that no new legislation would be necessary.

Letter from C.S. Lewis to Sir Henry Willink about the offer to take the chair of Medieval and Renaissance English.

Writes to Sir Henry in his capacity as Master of Magdalene College [he was also Vice-Chancellor of the University].

Says the Vice-Chancellor, with whom he must he intimately acquainted has suggested he write to the Master of Magdalene and ask whether there was a possibility that Magdalene cold offer him rooms. Magdalene was attractive to him and if it were possible he would value it most highly.

Letter from C.S. Lewis to Sir Henry Willink about the offer to take the chair of Medieval and Renaissance English.

Writes to Sir Henry in his capacity as Vice-Chancellor of the University [he was also Master of Magdalene College].

He felt much pleasure and gratitude in accepting the chair of Medieval and Renaissance English. As to the start of the tenure he would be guided by the electors but he preferred a January start to October as he was examining in their Final Honours School and he needed time for his own work and to prepare lectures. The other reason for the preference was that as he had left it so late in accepting his old College might feel they had insufficient notice of his departure.

Suggests times to come over and visit him in Cambridge.

Letter from C.S. Lewis to Sir Henry Willink about the offer to take the chair of Medieval and Renaissance English.

Writes to Sir Henry in his capacity as Master of Magdalene College [he was also Vice-Chancellor of the University].

Thanks him for his inexhaustive kindness. Unless the second candidate was as trickily placed as himself he couldn't see him turning down the appointment but he would still come and visit Magdalene and make his acquaintance.

Letter from C.S. Lewis to Sir Henry Willink about the offer to take the chair of Medieval and Renaissance English.

Writes to Sir Henry in his capacity as Vice-Chancellor of the University [he was also Master of Magdalene College].

Apologises for writing again and in a way that may make him seem rather ridiculous. Since his last letter he had spoken to Tolkien who had considerably changed his view. Firstly he has told him that the electors would not elect a philologist. This was very important as it set him free. Secondly full residency in Cambridge was not necessary and four days a week in term time would be fine. Tolkien's lively mind leads him (with perfectly innocent intentions) to overstate things but was his view correct? It would remove his difficulty as he could leave his household intact and have rooms in Cambridge. He wouldn't mind working and sleeping on the train but he had no right to assume these conditions as they seemed too good to be true but if they were real he would like nothing better.

He felt a fool for saying all this. His thoughts were already thinking about what he would do if he accepted and had already started composing imaginary lectures.

Letter from C.S. Lewis to Sir Henry Willink about the offer to take the chair of Medieval and Renaissance English.

Writes to Sir Henry in his capacity as Vice-Chancellor of the University [he was also Master of Magdalene College].

Was moved by Sir Henry's extremely kind letter and his persuasion. He was knocking at his door but he couldn't unlock it because he didn't have the key. His domestic arrangements held him back especially care for his brother who wasn't always in perfect psychological health as he assumed the chair would necessitate living in Cambridge at least during term time.

Looks forward to meeting him when he was next in Cambridge.

Typed letter (signed) from C.S. Lewis to Sir Henry Willink about the offer to take the chair of Medieval and Renaissance English.

Writes to Sir Henry in his capacity as Master of Magdalene College [he was also Vice-Chancellor of the University].

He was surprised and apologetic that the master has not received a reply to his letter of 24 June [in which he formally offered him a Fellowship at Magdalene] as he had written a draft and given it to his secretary to be sent by return. He thanks him and his future colleagues. He would be very happy to present himself for a degree by incorporation. It seemed ungracious that he did not come over to Cambridge at once but vivas did not finish until the end of the month and he was due to leave for Ireland on 5 August. He looked forward to coming over when the dear old thing Ordinary Life began again in October and to beginning an acquaintance which he hoped would become a friendship.

Letter from C.S. Lewis to Sir Henry Willink about the offer to take the chair of Medieval and Renaissance English.

Writes to Sir Henry in his capacity as Vice-Chancellor of the University [he was also Master of Magdalene College].

He was more pleased and honoured than he could express at the invitation. The prospect (socially and academically) of migrating from Oxford to Cambridge was an incentive rather than a deterrent. He regretfully had to refuse the invitation due to domestic considerations. He also came of stock that aged early and he was feeling a lack of energy and the first holder of the chair certainly needed energy and vigour. Although he had refused he could be pressed but he didn't want to waste Sir Henry's time.