BIB_ID
313830
Accession number
MA 7795.23
Creator
Froude, James Anthony, 1818-1894.
Display Date
[1886] Mar. 13.
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 20.2 cm
Notes
Part of a large collection of letters from James Anthony Froude to John Ruskin and Joan Severn. Letters in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
This collection was part of Helen Gill Viljoen's large bequest of John Ruskin-related material (formerly MA 3451).
Written from "5, Onslow Gardens, / S.W."
Year of writing from a penciled notation by Helen Gill Viljoen at the top of p. 1.
This collection was part of Helen Gill Viljoen's large bequest of John Ruskin-related material (formerly MA 3451).
Written from "5, Onslow Gardens, / S.W."
Year of writing from a penciled notation by Helen Gill Viljoen at the top of p. 1.
Provenance
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen in 1974.
Summary
Discussing Charles V saying "Charles knew or guessed what liberty would come to. He did as much as he could to maintain authority and purify it. If he could come back and see the world as we have now made it, I suppose that instead of repenting, he would regret that he did not, or could not do more[.]" speaking of "individuals' he says "The theory now is that they need no control, that every body is to do what he likes, say & think what he likes and get what he can--and thus we are where we are[.]" discussing the need for impartiality in writing history and worrying that "I shall never get my 'Charles' written."
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