| Description | Letter from James Beattie, Aberdeen, to Thomas Gray, Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, regarding Gray's packet and Beattie's writing out of all the poems, in preparation for the printer in Glasgow. Beattie writes that he could understand Gray's poetry, and Beattie's letter talks about Gray's new works, 'The Fatal Sisters' and 'The Descent of Odin'. Letter mentions Gray's decision not to write a history of English poetry and thanks Gray for his ordering of a copy of his poems to be sent to Beattie. Letter mentions Beattie's intention to write a letter telling Mr Foulis that Gray's manuscript is ready. Beattie writes that he suspects Miss Hepburn [Miss Hepburne] to be dead. |