BIB_ID
362913
Accession number
MA 7360.88
Creator
Walter, John, 1818-1894.
Display Date
1861 Apr. 2.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 17.9 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of autograph letters written to Sir Stafford Northcote in the 1860s from British politicians, foreign ministers and other notables of the period. Items in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Saying he would be happy to chat with him about Eton as "every parent must feel that there is plenty of room for reform, without upsetting the general system of the school. The reform most wanted however in my opinion is an Oppidan head master -- for depend upon it, so long as there is a "Tug" at the head of affairs, we shall have a narrow minded man, who will just make Eton a nursery to Kings."
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