BIB_ID
409005
Accession number
MA 9198.29
Creator
Caird, John, 1820-1898.
Display Date
[1888?] May 3.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
1 item (3 pages) ; 20.4 x 12.7 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.
The year of writing is not provided, however, Caird discusses Hutchison Sterling as a candidate for lecturer. James Hutchison Stirling delivered the first Gifford Lectures at the University of Edinburgh in 1889-1890.
Written on the stationery of The University, Glasgow.
The year of writing is not provided, however, Caird discusses Hutchison Sterling as a candidate for lecturer. James Hutchison Stirling delivered the first Gifford Lectures at the University of Edinburgh in 1889-1890.
Written on the stationery of The University, Glasgow.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from William Angus Knight, 1908.
Summary
Concerning a manuscript Caird is contributing to a publication; saying "It is not your fault that the lazy members of your team are not more alert. The crack of your whip is not often or long unheard by them. I have had a somewhat worrying & anxious time of it this Session & business has for months driven metaphysics far from my thoughts. All I can say is that I shall set about it now, & I hope the little I have yet to do will be soon done;" commenting on Knight's suggestion of Hutchison Stirling as a lecturer; saying "He lies however more within the jurisdiction of Edinburgh than of the other Universities. We have not thought or spoken anything of arrangements for the lecture here - I scarcely think it would do to confer our favours on one of ourselves in the first instance."
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