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Fine autograph letter signed, to James Cotter Morison (1832-88), beginning 'Dearest St. B.' (Meredith's nickname for Morison was St Bernard, because he had written a Life of the saint, and he called his house Clairvaux). Meredith proposes a visit to London, in which he will stay with Morison; he also gives report of his close friend Admiral Maxse (1833-1900), on whose character he had based his novel Beauchamp's Career: 'Reports from America speak of him in white heat of fury against the Gladstone Irish Bill. He does not understand temperament in politics, &, judging by old ebullitions, distrusts the Irish ¼' Morison was a very close friend of Meredith, but Meredith's son's edition of his father's letters states that 'very few letters ¼of the many written to Cotter Morison are available, the majority having been most unfortunately destroyed' (2nd edn, 1912, Preface). This is a rare and valuable survival and is not, of course, included in the edition cited and appears to be unpublished. Box Hill, 1886 June 3
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The correspondence is arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent, with unidentified letters and fragments foldered at the end.
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This collection was processed by Christopher Edwards in 2002. Finding aid written by Christopher Edwards in 2002.
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Fine autograph letter signed, to James Cotter Morison (1832-88), beginning 'Dearest St. B.' (Meredith's nickname for Morison was St Bernard, because he had written a Life of the saint, and he called his house Clairvaux). Meredith proposes a visit to London, in which he will stay with Morison; he also gives report of his close friend Admiral Maxse (1833-1900), on whose character he had based his novel Beauchamp's Career: 'Reports from America speak of him in white heat of fury against the Gladstone Irish Bill. He does not understand temperament in politics, &, judging by old ebullitions, distrusts the Irish ¼' Morison was a very close friend of Meredith, but Meredith's son's edition of his father's letters states that 'very few letters ¼of the many written to Cotter Morison are available, the majority having been most unfortunately destroyed' (2nd edn, 1912, Preface). This is a rare and valuable survival and is not, of course, included in the edition cited and appears to be unpublished. Box Hill; Edward and Maude Ottley Collection of W. E. Gladstone Correspondence, C0916, Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
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Firestone LibraryOne Washington RoadPrinceton, NJ 08544, USA
- Storage Note:
- Firestone Library (mss): Box 2