This collection comprises two bound albums containing letters and drawings sent to Violet Maxse by Edward Burne-Jones from approximately 1892-1897. The casual and often comic tone of letters cover a range of topics, including social events, Violet's first marriage to Lord Edward Cecil, the death of William Morris and Burne-Jones' artistic work.

Several of the letters described in this finding aid are excerpted or quoted in Viscountess Milner's memoirMy Picture Gallery (London: John Murray, 1951) and the page number on which they letters appear are cited below, as appropriate.

The first album is bound in original forest green cloth over bevelled boards, with the front cover embossed and decoratively panelled in silver, black and gray. It contains 24 leaves of heavy stock (plus endpapers) mounted on guards. The second album is bound in half black morocco over black morocco grained cloth. The front cover is stamped in gilt with the facsimile signature "Violet" and "Violet Maxse, October 1893" is inscribed in ink on the verso of the front free endpaper. It contains 30 leaves of heavy stock (plus endpapers) which are all mounted on guards. Both albums are housed in modern felt-lined clamshell cases covered in William Morris designed fabric by James Brockman.