| Description | Letter dated 28 November 1877 to Macdonald from J.C. Hook, R.A., Amalfi, Italy, with news of a new Roman Catholic Bishop of Edinburgh, festival of St. Andrew in Amalfi, description of recent work in Italy by the family members, good local food, local artefacts available for sale if Macdonald wants to commission a purchase, praise of Reid at the Royal Academy. |