Autograph letter signed : 14 Montgomerie Crescent, Kelvinside, Glasgow, to W.A. Knight, 1879 Oct. 16.

Discussing the "wretched account of your University Finance," saying Knight is free to give some lectures "wherever" he is, mentioning a man "who would be glad to be boarded & coached for the Oxford honours in philosophy," thanking him for a volume he sent long ago, saying he will try to get it noticed in the Herald, mentioning "the Luke fellow" who has been appointed to a professorship in Wales, and concerning other matters relating to higher education.