| Description | Four pages from a letter mentioning the enclosure of an epitaph written for Mrs Gregory, and discussing 'The Book of Second Sight' and dismissing the book and the concept; Beattie explains stories of second sight as fancies induced by the atmosphere of the Highlands: 'The highlands of Scotland are a picturesque but gloomy region [...]'
Beattie has received a letter from Mason giving an account of Gray's unpublished works and offering to show Beattie any he is interested in, and Beattie has selected four ofthem. No addressee. date, or signature
Probably 1771, cf copies of Mason's letters in MS 30/24/8. |