BIB_ID
409359
Accession number
MA 9256.45
Creator
Carpenter, J. Estlin (Joseph Estlin), 1844-1927.
Display Date
[1900?] March 5.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 17.7 x 14.5 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.
Written on stationery embossed "109, Banbury Road, / Oxford."
The year of writing is not given, however, Carpenter refers to a biography of Dr. Martineau. Martineau died in 1900 and the first biography of him by A.W. Jackson was published in that year. It is possible Carpenter is referring to the letters of Robert Louis Stevenson which were also published in 1900.
Written on stationery embossed "109, Banbury Road, / Oxford."
The year of writing is not given, however, Carpenter refers to a biography of Dr. Martineau. Martineau died in 1900 and the first biography of him by A.W. Jackson was published in that year. It is possible Carpenter is referring to the letters of Robert Louis Stevenson which were also published in 1900.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from William Angus Knight, 1908.
Summary
Concerning Knight's negotiations for the Martineau letters; saying "I am sorry that the decision prevents their immediate publication. I should have thought that the case of the Stevenson letters would have shown how much the general interest in a whole biography can be stimulated by such an anticipatory vol. Moreover the Editors could then have referred to them, or even quoted from them, whereas now that advantage is naturally withheld. But I hope that the production of the letters is only delayed a little while, & that your vol. may soon supplement the Biography. It is kind of you to give so much help in other ways."
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