Bessie writes of the following: the success of Isa Craig at the Burns Centenary Festival; Bessie’s admiration for Barbara; suggestions for paintings; a legacy left to Bessie by Mr Bray; S A Clarke - agency for the English Woman's Journal in Boston; Barbara's pictures to hang at Langham Place Reading Room; the employment of Emily Faithfull at the EWJ; circulation, subscriptions and general running of the EWJ; serious illness of the winter of 1858-59; Elizabeth Malleson's difficulties over staff at Portman Hall School; Max [Matilda] Hays as co-editor of the EWJ. Two pages.