| Administrative History | Thomas Campbell (1777 - 1844), Poet
MacVey Napier (1776 - 1847), Journal Editor
James Macaulay (1817 - 1902), Author |
| Description | Letter from Duncan Farquharson Gregory to his sister, Mrs Margaret Alison, in which he remarks that he thought she ought to be pleased at not being pestered with letters given her objection to the penny post; he guesses Ball's subscription has turned out well and congratulates her; he supposes that she would not welcome congratulations on something that has caused her so much trouble and imagines her struggling desperately with tradesmen offering to contract for bread, meal and beef; has given her book to Sedgwick and Whewell, he doesn't know if Sedgwick has read it but he knows Whewell has not; Whewell had mentioned writing to the Doctor but will probably take for ever to do so; Donald is anxious to know who the author was of an article on ______ and philology in the last Blackwood and he asks her to find out; asks her to send the verses of Campbell that he saw in her book as he wants to show them to Napier who thinks Campbell is better than Wordsworth; asks her if the last number of the Penny Cyclopedia was the last in the volume as he wants to get it bound and have all three volumes sent along with Aunt Kitty's Chapman; poses a riddle for her to tell to Dora - why is King Midas like a sticking plaster? Because he had ears (adheres); recommends MacAulay's article in the last edition of the Life of Clin [sic], 18th February [1840s]. |