Acquired as part of a large collection of letters addressed to William Angus Knight, Chair of Moral Philosophy at the University of St. Andrews and Wordsworth scholar. Items in the collection have been individually accessioned and cataloged.
Housed with Shorthouse's autograph manuscript of John Inglesant and three additional autograph letters to Knight; see MA 1022 and MA 1022.1-4.
Written on stationery with "Landsdowne, Edgbaston" letterhead.
Thanking him for his reports of how John Inglesant has been received by his friends; mentioning [William] Gladstone, Prof. [Thomas Henry] Huxley, and Fred Pollock.