2U2 HENRY KIRKE WHITE's REMAINS. 



SO readily afforded to the faults of youth, and to the 

 promptitude with which benevolent minds give encou- 

 ragement where encouragement seems to be wanted. 



With regard to my personal concerns, I have suc- 

 ceeded in placing myself at Cambridge, and have al- 

 ready kept one term. My College is St John's, where, 

 in the rank of sizar, I shall probably be enabled to live 

 almost independently of external support ; but should I 

 need that support, I have it in my power to draw on a 

 friend, whose name I am not permitted to mention, for 

 any sum not exceeding £30 per annum. With habits 

 of frugality, I shall never need this sum ; so that I am 

 quite at ease with respect to my College expenses, and 

 am at full leisure to pursue my studies with a free and 

 vacant mind. 



I am at present in the great city, where I have come, 

 in consequence of a little injudicious application, a suitor 

 to health, variety, and amusement. In a few days I 

 shall return to Cambridge, where (should you ever pass 

 that way) 1 hope you will not forget that I reside there 

 three -fourths of the year. It would, indeed, give me 

 pleasure to say personally how much I am obliged by 

 your inquiries. 



I hope you will put a favourable construction both on 

 the minuteness and the length of this letter ; and per- 

 mit me to subscribe myself, 



Sir, very thankfully and obediently, yours, 



H. K, White. 



TO HIS AUNT. 



St John's, Cambridge, 6th Jan. 1806. 

 My dear Aunt, 



I am once more settled in my room at Cambridge ; 

 but I am grown so idle and so luxurious since I have 

 been under your hands that I cannot read with half my 

 usual diligence. 



