![]() | | ![]() |
II
Pains Hill Cottage,
Cobham, Surrey. Decr. 31st.1884.
Cobham, Surrey. Decr. 31st.1884.
My dear Sir
Only yesterday I was thinking of writing to you, and now this morning I get your note of enquiry.-I have just had a daughter married, and am seeing her off to America;[1] this has thrown me back with my work. I must now first finish what I had promised to Mr. Knowles for his January number,[2] and my promise to you for February cannot, I fear, be kept. But you shall have the article for your March number;-what is the latest possible day you can give me in February ?
If, on reading the article, you think it would be in the least degree an unsuiting or embarrassing apparition in the "Contemporary," you must frankly tell me so and I assure you I shall not be foolish enough to feel at all hurt or offended.
A happy New Year to you, and believe me, very truly yours,
Percy Wm. Bunting Esq.
Matthew Arnold.-
![]() | | ![]() |