A few letters are brief, dealing with work accomplished or shortly to be undertaken, making arrangements for a meeting, etc. The more substantial letters tend each to be devoted to a specific topic. They include a poignant description of the funeral of a mutual friend: "The day seemed very suitable, for if it had been bright and cheerful it would have jarred upon me". Another, somewhat bizarre, letter deals with arrangements for a quantity of firearms to be delivered to Tregaskis: "I've made up a parcel for you to try, and am sending - silver mounted gun in case, Blunderbus, spring bayonet, helmet and visor", &c. Most amusing is a mock prospectus for a parody on the Nuremberg Chronicle to be entitled "The Newhumbug Chronicle": "It will form a most desirable addition to the library - the rude and clumsy woodcuts of the original being superseded by pictures and photographic reproductions such as are found in the pages of the leading Fine Art newspapers. All the old rubbish is to be thrown aside - and a grand panorama of the Lord Mayor's Show, several yards long will be a noticeable attraction", Sub- 2, Box: 1. William Harcourt Hooper Papers, MsC0252. University of Iowa Special Collections. https://aspace.lib.uiowa.edu/repositories/2/archival_objects/61929 Accessed April 30, 2025.