BIB_ID
294783
Accession number
MA 7557
Creator
Playfair, Lyon Playfair, Baron, 1818-1898.
Display Date
1871 Dec. 14.
Credit line
Gift of the Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation, 2008.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 17.8 cm
Notes
On embossed letterhead from the Athenaeum Club, Pall Mall.
Provenance
Joseph F. McCrindle.
Summary
Remarking that he was in the Athenaeum from 3 to 6:30 the previous day and is sorry to have missed him; indicating that he has "not yet heard from [Henry] Fawcett - perhaps his letters are not forwarded to him in the country"; regarding a piece written on "the injury which the University of Paris has done to France," could he please send an extract on "the effects of [mere?] central examination & administration on the education of a country" - he intends to write a piece and will send a draft.
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