Letter from E.H. Cradock, Grasmere, to William Angus Knight, 1882 August 17 : autograph manuscript signed.

Complimenting him on his two volumes on Wordsworth; saying "The work when complete will form a noble monument of the poets; saying he has made a few editorial notes and pointing out a specific error; adding "I am very glad to hear that you are expected by Miss Richardson at the beginning of October. We must leave on the 9th - I should like very much to have a drive with you towards Hawkshead - There are one or two points on which I think further light may be thrown - & I am getting too lazy to do anything alone. The copse, called by you 'Bane Riggs' (originally I suppose part of Lady Wood) has been lately cropped and the 2 'heath clad rocks' are exposed in all their glory except some stunted firs on the western or lower one - the Eastern one is covered with splendid heath & is evidently exactly as it was in Wordsworths time - We must have a sit there. In the Rectory possession is a drawing, done by a Mr. Buckle in 1821, of the Church - It includes the firs close to the Tower exactly as reported to you by me on Mr. Green's information. The drawing is good & would make a suitable illustration for the Excursion; " adding, in a postscript, that the local bookseller has "....ordered more copies of your 'Lake District' this season than in any former one."