BIB_ID
401698
Accession number
MA 8861.14
Creator
Balfour, Arthur James, 1848-1930.
Display Date
1889 June 20.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 17.7 x 11.2 cm
Notes
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.
Embossed letterhead: "4, Carlton Gardens,/ S.W."
Marked "Private".
With autograph signature.
Embossed letterhead: "4, Carlton Gardens,/ S.W."
Marked "Private".
With autograph signature.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from William Angus Knight, 1908.
Summary
Reminding Knight that he no longer has any "authority or influence in dealing with Scotch appointments", but that he is willing to convey to Lord Lothian (Secretary of State for Scotland and Vice-President of the Scottish Education Department) his view of the services that Knight has rendered to the fields of philosophy and literature; informing Knight that he has already expressed to the Lord his "very high estimate" of George Saintsbury's knowledge of English literature.
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