Letter from A.C. Fraser, Edinburgh, to William Angus Knight, 1879 December 1 : autograph manuscript signed.

Informing Knight about a proposed project on the History of English Philosophy by Müller which he fears may be competitive to Knight's series; saying he told Müller that he had a commitment to Knight and to his own work on Locke and could not contribute anything to him before two or three years; adding "I am glad now that you have written for of course my interest in your series, & my sympathy with the courage of the Blackwood's & well as any other matter made me altogether subordinate any other analogous proposal to yours. Now that I learn from you that you do not (like Mr. Müller) regard the schemes as cooperative but as rivals, & as each likely to injure the other, I can (if you wish) write again more in this tone to him, - but you will let me know as to his. Regarded as competitive schemes I cannot doubt that Blackwood's must carry the day; & I am not so clear as you seem to be that it might not then be benefitted by the other - as indicative of the place which Philosophy is now gaining in popular regard;" reporting on his delay in working on his essay on Berkeley due to his work load but expressing his hope that he can work on it over Christmas and perhaps complete it by the following summer; encouraging him to announce the series for 1880; explaining how Müller has proposed to structure his series and offering to put him off for three or four years; adding, in a postscript, how pleasant their time at Rydal was.