Stedman discusses Winter's metrical translation of Paul Heyse's Mary o Magdala

He will not be able to attend the dinner in honor of William Winter and sends instead, his recognition of Winter's "fame" and his "power to charm us." Stedman follows with several lines of verse beginning: What avail fellow-minstrels, our crotchets and staves. On letterhead of Lawrence Park, Bronxville, N.Y. Addressed to Lord as Secretary of the Lotos Club.

(1) Stedman describes his same yearning for England since youth, that Winter has and his travels; (2) mentions articles in the Tribune on Curtis and Tennyson which were "enough to set the old Tribune on its literary feet again." He also refers to the current Presidential election in which Harrison and Reid are running; (3) Stedman mentions attending a reading of Twelfth night by Horace Howard Furness; (4) an autograph poem sent to Winter. First line: Call us "grim," "immoral," "naughty." With (4) is an accompanying envelope addressed to Winter at the Tribune Editorial Rooms, Tribune Building, New York City.

(1) Postcard dated October 28, 1892; Stedman has sent Winter his book and will also complete another set. (2) Dated October 16, 1900; Regarding the "big New England Society," which Stedman has become Vice President of. (3) Dated May 22, 1907; Stedman discusses the death of Albert H. Smyth.

Stedman remarks on Winter's The Jeffersons.

Speaks of a meeting with [Richard Henry?] Stoddard who had returned from the burial of his dead.

Stedman congratulates Winter on his honorary degree from Brown and thanks him for the copy of Shadows of the stage.