| Description | In this letter Elizabeth Taylor remarks on the weather in Paris and describes her outing with Miss Dutton, another volunteer from England. She writes about her increasing responsbilities at the mission's dispensary which involved taking prescriptions from patients and making up their medicines.
Elizabeth remarks that she had been making clothing for children at the mission's orphanage, adding that Madamoiselle de Broen had asked her to write to prominent members of the Society of Friends asking for financial support for the mission. Elizabeth also provides accounts of her home visits, remarking that she had managed to procure copies of the Bible in French and German.
Elizabeth's letter also includes comments about Taylor family news, particularly her father's forthcoming visit to Paris. Elizabeth expresses her concerns about her mother working too hard at home whilst her daughters were away, commenting on the prospect of employing a housemaid. She concludes her letter with remarks about her family back in England and asks if anyone at home would lend her one of John Ruskin's books. |