BIB_ID
409049
Accession number
MA 9198.34
Creator
Caird, John, 1820-1898.
Display Date
[1872-1898?] September 27.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
1 item (3 pages) ; xx 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 John Caird first introduced himself to Knight in a letter dated January 22, 1872 (see MA 9198.1) and continued on at the University of Glasgow until his death in 1898.
Written on mourning stationery of The University, Glasgow, however that has been crossed through and "Hayfield, Thornhill" written beneath it.
The year of writing is not provided, however John Caird first introduced himself to Knight in a letter dated January 22, 1872 (see MA 9198.1) and continued on at the University of Glasgow until his death in 1898.
Written on mourning stationery of The University, Glasgow, however that has been crossed through and "Hayfield, Thornhill" written beneath it.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from William Angus Knight, 1908.
Summary
Concerning Knight's characterization Caird's relationship to someone who appears to have been a colleague; saying "I fear you will think that Edward & I have taken great liberties in the way of revision. I felt it impossible to speak of 'intimate' knowledge, my relation to W.(?). not amounting to that, & I had expressly said in a private letter to Lord L. that though I knew W.(?) well, so as to be able to speak of his ability & attainments & also of the extent of his physical disability, I was not an intimate friend of his. Again, I thought the reference to his father of doubtful propriety, as rather confirming Flint's 'congenital' talk. Pray forgive me if I have gone too far. The upshot seems to be that Flint's intemperate talk has done no harm to anybody but himself;" adding, in a postscript, "Edward sent me the draft last night & I have sent it off this (Thursday) morning by first post."
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