BIB_ID
107748
Accession number
MA 9840.1
Creator
Cooper, Charles Alfred, 1829-1916.
Display Date
Edinburgh, Scotland, 1892 April 5.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 18.2 x 11.4 cm
Notes
Acquired as part of a large collection of letters addressed to William Angus Knight, Chair of Moral Philosophy at the University of St. Andrews and Wordsworth scholar. Items in the collection have been individually accessioned and cataloged.
On stationery with embossed letterhead: "Office of / The Scotsman / Edinburgh."
On stationery with embossed letterhead: "Office of / The Scotsman / Edinburgh."
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from William Angus Knight, 1908.
Summary
Thanking Knight for his kind note and writing "Far too complimentary things are said of me. The law of compensation comes in : I am copiously abused & disparaged by those whom I criticize;" saying that they may be able to get Knight's article into the paper within the next fortnight: "We will try."
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