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  • Written while Clerk of the Commons. See his entry in the Oxford DNB. Joyce Violet Ilbert (1890-1957) was the youngest of his five daughters. 8pp, 12mo. Two bifoliums. In good condition, lightly aged. Addressed to My Dear Joyce and signed Yr. loving father | C. P. I. Begins: I wish for my sake that you were on board the Cedric - for I miss my [?]-valet-secretary very much. If you were here, you would be hoping that the voyage would never come to an end . They have had almost perpetual sunshine since we left New York . The ship is extremely comfortable. The food is good, & the company, though small, is varied. When I sat down to lunch the first day I found myself with a bishop on my right, and on my left a young lady who is going over to take the part of principal boy in the Birmingham pantomime. I was promoted to the captain s table, with the bishp with me, but left the pantomime lady behind. The bishop is very good company, has been 17 years in China, mostly at Hangkow [sic] . He continues with gossip of other passengers, beginning: Opposite to me at my first luncheon table sat a man whose face & voice seemed strangely familiar to me, though I had never met him. He turned out to be the elder brother of C[?] Streatfield of the British Museum. He is married two or three months ago. Went with his bride - rather elderly - on a combined trip of business and pleasure to Canada & is now returning with her to England. More than half the letter remains, in much the same vein. Joyce would appear to be still in America (Boston?), since he writes: Did you have any thing of the kind on Thanksgiving Day, or is that festival still in the future. I see - by [?] - that Harvard beat Yale hollow at football. Was it very exciting? .