BIB_ID
190232
Accession number
MA 8815.12
Creator
Arnold, Matthew, 1822-1888.
Display Date
1886 November 17.
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Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 17.9 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.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from William Angus Knight, 1908.
Summary
Concerning a publication of selected Wordsworth poems by Knight; saying he would very much like to see "...your selection, but I am not inclined to return to the Criticism of our dear Poet, and I am sure it is better that in the Volume now in question I should not;" adding that his daughter-in-law was deeply saddened by the death of her Aunt "...one of her few relations in this country..."
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