BIB_ID
417369
Accession number
MA 9792.6
Creator
Collins, F. Howard (Frederick Howard), 1857-1910.
Display Date
Torquay, England, 1900 August 21.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 17.6 x 11.3 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 engraved "Royal Torbay Yacht Club, / Torquay". Royal Torbay Yacht Club has been crossed through and "Imperial Hotel" written above it.
The reference to Edward Clodd's book is to an incorrect title. Clodd wrote "Pioneers of Evolution from Thales to Huxley". George Henry lewis wrote "The History of Philosophy from Thales to Comte." The book "Herbert Spencer, the man and his work" was written by Hector C. Macpherson and published in 1900.
Written on stationery engraved "Royal Torbay Yacht Club, / Torquay". Royal Torbay Yacht Club has been crossed through and "Imperial Hotel" written above it.
The reference to Edward Clodd's book is to an incorrect title. Clodd wrote "Pioneers of Evolution from Thales to Huxley". George Henry lewis wrote "The History of Philosophy from Thales to Comte." The book "Herbert Spencer, the man and his work" was written by Hector C. Macpherson and published in 1900.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from William Angus Knight, 1908.
Summary
Replying to a request for information on Spencer; saying "The only reference that I can give you, away from my books as I am, is the article on Spencer - Chambers Encyclopedia, which was sent me for revision before publication & is as accurate as I could make it. Edward Clodd's book "From Thales to Comte", Grant Allen's small "Darwin", & a book entitled "Herbert Spencer: the man & his work" published about six months ago by Chapman & Hall, & written by an Edinburgh Journalist - forget name - might be worth looking at. Grant Allen wrote some good articles upon H.S. for magazines & I should think Edward Clodd (Savile Club - to be forwarded) could help you to their titles. Thanks for your wishes as to my health. My serious attack of pleurisy has left me with only one lung & the doctor's say that for the next two years or so I must [illegible] for my health, & that the South Coast of England must be my northern limit for that time. I have had to give up all work in the way of writing & have to be satisfied with mere living - & the less to do the better I am!"
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