BIB_ID
424608
Accession number
MA 22966.2
Creator
Fraser, Alexander Campbell, 1819-1914.
Display Date
Edinburgh, Scotland, 1879 July 9.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 18.3 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 from "20 Chester Street, Edinburgh."
Written from "20 Chester Street, Edinburgh."
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from William Angus Knight, 1908.
Summary
Concerning Fraser's contribution on [George] Berkeley for Knight's "Philosophical Classics" series; asking about the size of the volume, the printing deadline and if the publishing will be "...in chronological order, or very much as authors send their works to you? I shall be glad to know. Any way, I think Berkeley should simmer in my mind till next year, where I might try to have it ready for you, if then wanted. I hope Wallace will not be too German. I should like to see Kant presented truly, & yet by one able to look at him from the point of view of English philosophy. But one of this [illegible] is perhaps nonexistent. Your project seems to mature well, & I suppose in due time you will announce it to the world. I am very sorry we are not likely to see you at Rydal. If you pass through Edin'b in August I am likely to be here;" concluding "What a cold & wet summer thus far - here & in London! I never found so much cold & rain in London at this season. I have not yet got the published copy of your 'Studies', but shall value it much - proud & grateful for your kind expression on the opening page."
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