Letter from Gerard Manley Hopkins (The Oratory) to Alexander William Mowbray Baillie, referring to books he has read and not read; [Alfred William] Garrett; Baillie and a fellowship; Ruskin's new book; Aristotle; his study of the violin; his health; his teaching; his mother's opinion of him taking religious orders; Mrs Cunliffe & other acquaintances. Requests help in securing a tutorship.

This letter is published in 'Further letters of Gerard Manley Hopkins, including his correspondence with Coventry Patmore', ed. Claude Colleer Abbott, 2nd ed. (London: OUP, 1956).