To Robert Arbuthnot from Aberdeen He was fatigued by journey to Montrose when he saw Forbes. He wanted to know if Creech's edition of Addison will proceed. Illness prevented Beattie from writing the preface, but he has not dropped the design for it. Asks new opinions on Evidences. He has heard little from those to whom he sent copies. Cadell wrote three months ago that the second edition was going to press, but Beattie has not yet seen it. Now time to settle affair of copy money. Last spring he wrote dissertation on Virgil's account of Aenea's descent into the underworld. Fears it is too long for the Royal Society. He will order a copy of Scoticism to be trancribed for Arbuthnot and sent to him soon. 23 September 1786