BIB_ID
313941
Accession number
MA 7795.40
Creator
Froude, James Anthony, 1818-1894.
Display Date
[1888] Apr. 27.
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 18.0 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).
Ulric the Farm Servant was translated by Mrs. Julia Firth, edited by Ruskin and issued in October 1888.
Written on stationery embossed "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).
Ulric the Farm Servant was translated by Mrs. Julia Firth, edited by Ruskin and issued in October 1888.
Written on stationery embossed "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
Apologizing for not being at home when they came to call; discussing a translation of Ulric [Ulric the Farm Servant] that he is reading; taking issue with the use of the word "servant" and suggesting "hand" in its place.
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