Letter from F. Howard Collins, Churchfield, Edgbaston, to William Angus Knight, 1898 September 13 : autograph manuscript signed.

Relating news of his climbing injury and apologizing for his request to Knight to deliver his paper at St. Andrews (see MA 9792.9); saying "Alas! I was unfortunately reminded of your troubles while there [Austria] for after a week or so my leg 'went wrong' & all climbing rendered impossible - walking even taking more thought than since childhood's days" : however the knee is now pulling round & I hope soon to be all right again. Thanks for your remarks about the 'D'r' which I see is quite out of the question for me. The somewhat thoughtless remark of mine was the result of receiving two very complimentary letters from 'authorities' at the very time i wrote to you, & being under the impression that at some universities "D.Sc.'s were given for merely original theses submitted without any thing further being needful. The letter happening within an hour or so of one another must be my apology for mentioning it. Pray accept it! If for any of your philos'y classes you would like to offer a certain "Epitome" as a mark of success, you might drop the author a line. Trusting your leg is now all well."