Geraldine Jewsbury’s reminiscences of Jane Welsh Carlyle, begin ‘In Memoriam, J. W. C. ob. Aprl. 21, 1866’, and extend to page 126. Thomas Carlyle’s comments thereon and his own reminiscences of his wife begin on page 126. Inserted at pages 1 and 2 are two small sheets of manuscript by Carlyle, numbered (1) and (5), endorsed ‘Rudiments of Preface’. (5) is dated November 1868.