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.
The year of writing is not given, but she is thanking him for his gift of "Memorials of Coleorton" and asking him to let her know when she might see a review in the Saturday Review; the book was published in 1887 and there was a review in the November 19, 1887 issue of the Saturday Review.
Written on stationery engraved "Swannington House, / near Leicester."
Thanking him for the gift of his book "Memorials of Coleorton;" saying "I think we all owe you a debt of gratitude for having placed in our possession so interesting a collection, all delightfully arranged & easily read. It is a very different thing [illegible] through, & trying to decipher old letters, to having them all in a compact form - so that one can take them up at any time & read & re-read them. I think you were quite right to arrange the letters chronologically, & not in groups according to their authors; one gets a continuity of events - & variation of style. I must own to having taken a d̲i̲s̲l̲i̲k̲e̲ to Coleridge from the letters of his I have already read. He seems to be so full of himself & his health - & his letters strike me as a little wanting in independence & nobility of mind. It seems to me that Wordsworth s̲a̲y̲s̲ less about his affection for his friend & m̲e̲a̲n̲s̲ more than Coleridge. I hope I am not doing him injustice;" thanking him again for the gift of the book and adding "I suppose I shall see a Review of it in the 'Saturday Review' : w'd you mind telling me if there is likely to be a Review in the IXth Century;" expressing her hope that he will visit them so that he can write her name in her copy and saying "I most fully appreciate y'r courtesy in dedicating the book to me - & it will always be one of my most valued possessions."