Woolf discusses his dislike of Howard Malcolm Ticknor; he also mentions theater-related business. With accompanying envelope addressed to Winter in Staten Island, New York.

Warren writes that he would be delighted to receive Winter, Miss Appleton, Field and Osgood on Saturday. With accompanying envelope addressed to Winter in New Brighton, Box 150, New York.

Whitcomb mentions the pleasure with which he read Winter's series of literary reminiscences in the Saturday evening post. He also points out that he and Winter are the only living persons who were connected with the Transcript contemporaneously. Also, an offprint of the February 27, 1908 article in the Boston transcript, announcing a tribute to Whitcomb and envelope addressed to Winter at the Tribune, New York City.

Discussing family (Lizzie and Percy are well and charming) and acquaintance news. Encloses several of his Albion Dramatic Papers (Nos. 2-7, out of 14), which Noll and Josie might like to read, and mentions the enclosure of a "little autograph poem" [the papers and poem are not extant]. With two drawings by Winter (a self-portrait, "W. W. aged 50" and "W. W. in his place of sepulchre" and accompanying envelope addressed to Henshaw in care of Messrs. A.S. & J. Brown, Boston, Massachusetts. Letter addressed "My dear Noll." MS pencil math annotations on verso of last page.

Mentions George Cabot Lodge. Discusses an article that he wrote for the N.A. Review, January 1891. He also speaks of various people that have been driven to insanity by the Bacon theory, particularly Mrs. Henry Pott who wrote an article on Shakespeare and Bacon's low opinion of women.

File objects to a "careful slight" directed to him by Winter.