BIB_ID
419092
Accession number
MA 9987.19
Creator
Davies, William, active 19th century.
Display Date
Chester, England, 1895 January 3.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 18 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.
Davies gives the place of writing as "78 Watergate Street / Chester."
With editorial markings, presumably made by Knight, who quotes from Davies's letters in his "Retrospects" (Smith, Elder & Co, 1904).
This collection, MA 9987, is comprised of twenty-two letters and postcards from William Davies to William Angus Knight, written between 1862 and 1895. See the collection-level record for more information (MA 9987.1-22).
Davies gives the place of writing as "78 Watergate Street / Chester."
With editorial markings, presumably made by Knight, who quotes from Davies's letters in his "Retrospects" (Smith, Elder & Co, 1904).
This collection, MA 9987, is comprised of twenty-two letters and postcards from William Davies to William Angus Knight, written between 1862 and 1895. See the collection-level record for more information (MA 9987.1-22).
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from William Angus Knight, 1908.
Summary
Saying that he is glad Knight enjoyed his book: "It contains things I have long wished to say, and I do hope it may be found helpful to others;" discussing his understanding of Indian and Asian philosophical and religious systems; referring to an article of his on Taoism in the Atlantic Monthly; recommending Max Müller as an expert on Hindu religions for a project that Knight is considering; wishing him a happy new year; sending news of his students in a postscript and recommending Müller's Gifford lecture "Theosophy, or Psychological Religion" particularly.
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