| Description | Letter to Hope Macdonald from Effie, Lady Millais, 2, Palace Gate, Kensington, London, explaining that she has been unable to write till now but has huge quantities of correspondence to deal with, account of her suffering and her husband's death, 'the whole nation mourns with us', John is writing a book on British deer and would like to visit her, she herself intends to go north soon, 23 August 1896 |