BIB_ID
418295
Accession number
MA 9909.15
Creator
Cradock, Edward Hartopp, 1810-1886.
Display Date
Grasmere, England, 1879 August 26.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 17.9 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.
The year of writing is not provided, however Cradock refers to a possible Second Edition of Knight's book "The English Lake District as interpreted in the poems of Wordsworth" (Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1878) and to the local booksellers not knowing anything about Knight's book. This makes it possible this was the summer of 1879. Knight's First Edition was published in October 1878. The Second Edition was published thirteen years later in April 1891.
The year of writing is not provided, however Cradock refers to a possible Second Edition of Knight's book "The English Lake District as interpreted in the poems of Wordsworth" (Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1878) and to the local booksellers not knowing anything about Knight's book. This makes it possible this was the summer of 1879. Knight's First Edition was published in October 1878. The Second Edition was published thirteen years later in April 1891.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from William Angus Knight, 1908.
Summary
Commenting on Knight's book; saying "On visiting the booksellers shop at Grasmere, I found that he had not a single copy of your book - he did not seem to know anything about it - I suggested that he ought to have some copies - He procured two or three copies and soon disposed of them and will probably send for more. I do not think that Douglas has duly exerted himself to make the book known - It ought to have been well advertized in the tourist season. Before it comes to a second edition I should like to have the opportunity of making a suggestion or two;" offering a specific correction to a line in a poem, relating news of property sales in the area and reporting that Miss Richardson "...appears to me to be quite as well as she was last summer;" adding, in a postscript, Baldry tells me that he expects to sell more copies - If he had known of the book sooner he would have had a still better chance of a good sale."
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