To William Creech from Peterhead Beattie was going to write an angry letter about delay in printing book, but instead quotes Mrs Montagu's praise of Creech's very interesting work about Edinburgh. King well. Forbes surprised and offended that printing of Elements not yet begun - must be done by November of Beattie's character for honesty will suffer. Numbering of paragraphs can be expunged as Forbes says Creech has some objection. 11 July 1789