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Marshall

Library of

Economics

Marshall Papers

Section 1

Correspondence

Marshall 1/1 –

1/249

Identity code Marshall 1

Previous number Marshall 1(1)-3(100) and various

Description level 3

Document formRecord type Correspondence

Admin history The means by and dates at which most of this materialreached the Library cannot now be ascertained. The existenceof an early typescript list of the correspondence suggests thatmuch of it formed part of a single deposit. A note byJ.M.Keynes (in the Lydia and Maynard book) indicates that hereceived some papers from Mary Paley Marshall before herdeath (1944); he may have handed them on to the Librarythen or later in his capacity as an executor. Further items,particularly those initially contained in the "Large Brown Box",seem to have been received at later dates and from a varietyof sources. The typescript list received by the Library in 1946,headed "Letters written and received by Professor Marshall"describes it as a single series, arranged alphabetically bywriter. Some drafts and copies of replies by Marshall and anumber of letters to Mary are included. His correspondencewith Macmillan & Co. and letters in response to the publicationof his `Money, Credit and Commerce' (1923) appear inseparate sections. The use of the heading "Envelope Order"suggests that this arrangement may have been the Marshalls'own. In later years it was partially altered (for instance, Mary'sletters were separated from Alfred's) but it now seemsjustifiable to reverse these changes. Thus, although many ofthe letters now in the collection do not appear in the pre-1946list, the principles employed at that time have been adopted inthis present catalogue.

ContentSummary The main series, containing letters to and from Alfred and

Mary, is followed by shorter series relating to particularevents: Marshall's 1902 campaign for an economics Tripos,the publication of the fifth edition of his `Principles' in 1907,and that of `Money, Credit and Commerce' in 1923. In each ofthese cases the constituents of an original bundle have beenarranged alphabetically by writer. Marshall's correspondencewith Macmillan, on the other hand, has been placed in dateorder.

Identity code Marshall 1/1

Previous number Marshall 1(1)

Description level 4

Record creationPerson

Role WriterName Acton, Lord [Sir John Emerich Edward Dalberg]Descriptor Professor of Modern History, Cambridge University

PersonRole RecipientName Marshall, AlfredDescriptor Professor of Political Economy, Cambridge

Date 16.11.1895Place [Cambridge] Trinity College


Specific type LetterLanguage English

AcquisitionSummary Not on pre-1946 list

ContentSummary Admits to having been wary of seeming to depart too far from

views of predecessors. Believes that historians must workclosely with economists; history of economic thought is anespecially valuable study.

Free field Signature - Acton. Annotation - by Marshall identifyingDelacourt as author of De Witt's Maxims [`The True Interestand Political Maxims of the Republic of Holland', 1746].

PersonName Delacourt, Pieter & De Witt, Johan

Subject keywords History of economic thought - general

Physical descriptSummary 1 sheet; 3 pp. textCondition Slightly torn at folds

Publication recordType Verbatim transcriptReference Whitaker, John K., ed., 'The Correspondence of Alfred

Marshall, Economist', 3 vols, (Cambridge, 1996), letter no.476

TypeReference

Related materialTypeReference number



Description level 4


Role WriterName Balfour, Arthur JamesDescriptor M.P., Conservative leader, First Lord of Treasury, later Prime

MinisterPerson

Role RecipientName Marshall, AlfredDescriptor Professor of Political Economy, Cambridge

Date 23.3.1891Place [London, Westminster] House of Commons



AcquisitionSummary Apparently part of first deposit; on pre-1946 list

ContentSummary Invitation to Marshall as "the most distinguished economist in

England" to join "Labour" Commission. Comments on size ofCommission - unavoidable if all interests are to berepresented.

Free fieldPerson

NameSubject keywords Commissions, Royal - Labour Commission 1891-4Subject keywords Marshall - status as economist

Physical descriptSummary 1 sheet; 4 pp. textCondition Sound






Description level 4


Role WriterName Balfour, Arthur JamesDescriptor Conservative Prime Minister, 1902-05


Date 16.4.1902Place [London] Whitehall, 10 Downing Street




ContentSummary Thanks for final form of the `Plea'. Gives reasons for not

having signed Memorial on Economics Tripos.Free fieldPerson

NameSubject keywords Economics TriposSubject keywords Cambridge Univ - Economics Tripos SEE Economics TriposSubject keywords Publications - Plea for the Creation...[1902]




TypeReference




Description level 4


Role WriterName Balfour, Arthur JamesDescriptor Foreign Secretary, previously Prime Minister

PersonRole RecipientName Marshall, AlfredDescriptor Professor of Political Economy, retired

Date 30.9.1919Place Scotland, Prestonkirk, Whittingehame




ContentSummary Acknowledges receipt of Marshall's kind wishes.Free fieldPerson

NameSubject keywords

Physical descriptSummary 1 sheet; 1 p. text, mostly typescriptCondition Sound

Publication recordTypeReference




Description level 4


Role WriterName Bryce, JamesDescriptor M.P.


Date 23.8.1890s (year attributed)Place [London, Westminster] House of Commons




ContentSummary Thanks Marshall for his outline plan; better than the one

drawn up by self and [unidentified] Montague, though needsadded detail. Data from [Charles Franklin] Dunbar [Professorof Political Economy, Harvard] are not quite sufficient; willsend it to him for further elaboration. Proposes a method ofclassifying State action.

Free field Signature - J. BrycePerson

Name Dunbar, Charles Franklin & Montague, [-]Subject keywords






Description level 4


Role WriterName Burt, ThomasDescriptor Secretary of the Northumberland Miners' Mutual Confident

Association, M.P.Person

Role RecipientName Marshall, Mary PaleyDescriptor Lecturer in Economics, Newnham College, Cambridge




AcquisitionSummary Apparently part of first deposit; on pre-1946 list though there

misdated 1887.7.16

ContentSummary May not be able to visit Cambridge as planned because

dispute in coal trade in Northumberland has resulted in astrike. Regrettable as "nowhere has so much been done as inNorthumberland to adopt more rational methods of adjustingdifferences". Now returning to Newcastle. Mentions MrShepherd and Mrs Burnett [probably Canon Burnett's wife].

Free field Signature - Thos BurtPerson

Name Shepherd, [-] & Burnett, Mrs [? Canon Burnett's wife]Subject keywords Industrial relations - strikes, coal







Description level 4


Role WriterName Burt, ThomasDescriptor Secretary of Northumberland Miners' Mutual Confident



Date 24.10.1890Place Newcastle on Tyne, 35 Lucerne Crescent




ContentSummary Cannot accept invitation to visit Cambridge as recess is short;

is attending meetings of Royal Commission on MiningRoyalties in Edinburgh in November. Is reading Marshall'sbook [`Principles'] slowly; has heard it praised by the Rev.Moore Ede and the Bishop of Durham [Brooke Foss Westcott,Regius Professor of Divinity at Cambridge 1870-90, Bishop ofDurham 1890-1901].

Free field Signature - Thos BurtPerson

Name Ede, William Moore, Rev'd & Westcott, Brooke Foss, Bishopof Durham

Subject keywords Commissions, Royal - Mining Royalties Commission 1890-4Subject keywords Publications - Principles [1890], reception of

Physical descriptSummary 1 sheet; 4 pp. textCondition Filing hole top left p.1 and right p.2; latter with tear






Description level 4



Association, M.P, Secretary of the Board of Trade from 1892Person


Date 10.5.1892Place [London] The Reform Club




ContentSummary Agrees with all Marshall says in his "paper on state aided

pensions &c in the Economic Journal" [`The Poor Law inRelation to State-Aided Pensions', `Economic Journal' vol.II(Mar 1892), pp. 186-91]. Refers to conversation in whichMarshall said he had "got into hot water over it". Offers towrite detailed letter if Marshall so wishes.

Free field Signature - Thos Burt. Annotation - in pencil in Mary PaleyMarshall's hand "From Thomas Burt, miner and privycouncillor."

PersonName

Subject keywords Ec policy - pensionsSubject keywords Ec policy - Poor Law

Physical descriptSummary 1 sheet; 4 pp. textCondition Filing hole top left pp.1 and 3; red ink blot p.4



Type Verbatim transcriptReference Pigou, A.C. ed. `Memorials of Alfred Marshall' (London, 1925)

p.378




Description level 4


Role WriterName Marshall, AlfredDescriptor Professor of Political Economy, Cambridge

PersonRole RecipientName Burt, ThomasDescriptor Secretary of the Northumberland Miners' Mutual Confident

Association, M.P.Date 11.5.1892Place Cambridge, Balliol Croft


Specific type Copy extracts of letterLanguage English


ContentSummary Asks questions about response of working classes and their

leaders to proposed abolition of out-relief or its being witheldfrom the "idle and profligate" in favour of the "sober andindustrious" who suffer misfortune.

Free field Written by Mary Paley Marshall. Annotation - "B"in red pencildeleted in red ink.

PersonName

Subject keywords Ec policy - Poor LawSubject keywords Ec policy - out-relief

Physical descriptSummary 1 sheet; 2 pp. textCondition Filing hole top left p.1; red ink marks pp.1 and 2



Type ReferenceReference Groenewegen, Peter, 'A Soaring Eagle: Alfred Marshall,

1842-1924', (Aldershot, 1995), p.359, footnote




Description level 4



Association, M.P., Secretary of the Board of Trade from 1892Person


Date 14.5.1892Place [London] The Reform Club




ContentSummary Reply to questions posed in Marshall's article [`The Poor Law

in Relation to State Aided Pensions', `Economic Journal' v.II(1892) pp.186-191] and letter [Marshall 1/9] regardingabolition of out-relief. This would not be acceptable to theworking classes or their leaders. Leaders would assistscheme which permits more discriminate administration ofrelief. "Perhaps the enclosed may interest you" [now wanting].

Free field Signature - Thos Burt. Annotation -"B" in red pencil deleted inred ink.

PersonName

Subject keywords Ec policy - pensionsSubject keywords Ec policy - Poor LawSubject keywords Ec policy - out-relief

Physical descriptSummary 1 sheet; 4 pp. textCondition Filing holes top left pp.1 and 3




1842-1924', (Aldershot, 1995), p.259, footnote




Description level 4




Role RecipientName Marshall, Mary PaleyDescriptor Lecturer in Economics, Newnham College, Cambridge





ContentSummary Cannot accept invitation to Cambridge; must go home to

Newcastle. Expresses admiration for Marshall, especially forhis work as fellow-member of Labour Commission [RoyalCommission on Labour, 1891-94].

Free field Signature - Thos Burt.Person

NameSubject keywords Commissions, Royal - Labour Commission 1891-4Subject keywords Marshall - status as economist

Physical descriptSummary 1 sheet, 4 pp. textCondition Filing hole top left pp.1 and 3





Description level 4


Role WriterName Calwer, RichardDescriptor Editor of `Das Wirtschaftsjahr 1906'

PersonRole RecipientName Marshall, Alfred [previous attribution]Descriptor Professor of Political Economy, Cambridge

Date 12.2.1906Place Berlin




ContentSummary Gives meaning of German phrase respecting unemployment.

This differs from English definition, which results in differencesbetween the unemployment statistics of the two countries.

Free field A previous cataloguer identified Marshall as recipient, and thisis probably correct.

PersonName

Subject keywords Industrial relations - unemployment, German statisticsSubject keywords Statistics - unemployment, Germany

Physical descriptSummary 1 sheet, folded; 1 p. textCondition Fragile; torn at folds



Identity code Marshall 1/13/1

Previous number Marshall 3(90) [duplicated number]

Description level 4


Role WriterName Marshall, AlfredDescriptor Professor of Political Economy, retired

PersonRole RecipientName Clapham, John HaroldDescriptor Dean of King's College, Cambridge, later Professor of

Economic HistoryDate 17.5.1912Place Not given


Specific type Copy letterLanguage English


ContentSummary Continues discussion with Clapham on university reform.

Feels that all those teaching at university, including collegelecturers, should receive title "Professor" if their work merits it.This is system in Germany and London. Gives details of hisplan.

Free fieldPerson

NameSubject keywords University reform

Physical descriptSummary 1 sheet; 2 pp. textCondition Filing hole top left




1842-1924', (Aldershot, 1995), p.639


Identity code Marshall 1/13/2

Previous number None

Description level 4


Role WriterName Clapham, John HaroldDescriptor Dean of King's College, Cambridge, later Professor of

Economic HistoryPerson

Role RecipientName Marshall, AlfredDescriptor Professor of Political Economy, retired

Date 12.10.1912Place Cambridge, 55 Bateman Street



AcquisitionSummary Previously pasted inside front cover of J.H. Clapham, 'The

Abbe Sieyes' (King, London, 1912) inscribed 'To AlfredMarshall from his sometimes errant pupil JHC'. Removed5.2.1997. Book in room 14, Marshall Library.

ContentSummary Hopes Marshall will accept his book, though not economic

history. Marshall was his chief inspiration in earlier days,hopes he does not think such writing reduces the energies heshould be putting into economics.

Free fieldPerson


Physical descriptSummary 1 sheet; 1 p. textCondition Acidic through being inside book jacket, mark where pasted at

top.






Description level 4



PersonRole RecipientName Clapham, John HaroldDescriptor Dean of King's College, Cambridge, later Professor of

Economic HistoryDate 4.11.1912Place Not given




ContentSummary Fears he "must not" attend meeting on university reform.

Working men would be better off at non-residential universitythan at Oxford or Cambridge because of cost. Revenues ofOxford and Cambridge are inadequate for their needs asacademic leaders and teachers of teachers at otheruniversities. Their funds are held in trust for nation and shouldbe spent on subjects that will enhance national well-being.Economics cannot advantageously be taught in school; fewmen can study it at Cambridge.

Free fieldPerson

NameSubject keywords University reformSubject keywords University economics teaching

Physical descriptSummary 1 sheet; 2 pp. textCondition Filing hole top left

Publication recordType ReferenceReference Groenewegen, Peter, 'A Soaring Eagle: Alfred Marshall,

1842-1924', (Aldershot, 1995), p.640




Description level 4


Role WriterName Cunynghame, Henry HardingeDescriptor Barrister; member of various Royal Commissions


Date 4.10.1888Place [London] Royal Courts of Justice




ContentSummary Sends 40-50 copies of hyperbola graph. Comments on its

accuracy and explains mechanical and photographic processby which copies could be produced as diagrams for a book.

Free field Signature - H. CunynghamePerson

NameSubject keywords Methodology - diagrams

Physical descriptSummary 1 sheet; 2 pp. textCondition 2 small brown stains p.1; slight tear on fold p.3






Description level 4


Role WriterName Cust, NinaDescriptor Wife of Henry Cust

PersonRole RecipientName Marshall, AlfredDescriptor Professor of Political Economy, retired

Date 16.10.1914Place [London] S.W., 17 Hyde Park Gate, Chancellor's House




ContentSummary Is using name of Lord Rayleigh or Mr Balfour as an

introduction; asks to use Marshall's name in the mannerdescribed in her husband's more formal letter [which does notsurvive].

Free fieldPerson

Name Rayleigh, John William Strutt, Lord & Balfour, Arthur JamesSubject keywords

Physical descriptSummary 1 sheet; 3 pp. textCondition Small filing hole top p.1 and p.3






Description level 4



PersonRole RecipientName Cust, NinaDescriptor Wife of Henry Cust

Date 17.10.1914Place Not given


Specific type Copy of letterLanguage English


ContentSummary Lack of strength prevents Marshall from taking responsibility

for the way Dr [later Sir George Walter] Prothero's work[probably his `German Policy before the War', 1916] wasdone. Found Prothero's `Our duty and our interest in the war'excellent, but cannot support the pronouncementsunreservedly. Controversy raises blood-pressure and "almostloses the day for me". We should use our expected victoryover the Germans to secure our own ends while imposingleast possible degradation on them.

Free field Copy in Mary Paley Marshall's hand.Person

Name Prothero, George WalterSubject keywords War 1914-18Subject keywords Marshall - health

Physical descriptSummary 3 sheets; 3 pp. textCondition Filing hole and pin hole top left each sheet; small brown mark

p.1






Description level 4


Role WriterName Dalla Volta, RiccardoDescriptor President of the Royal Academy of "Georgofili" of Florence

PersonRole RecipientName Marshall, AlfredDescriptor Professor of Political Economy, in retirement

Date 8.2.1923Place [Italy] Firenze [Florence], R.Accademia Economio-Agraria dei

Georgofili



AcquisitionSummary

ContentSummary Informing Marshall that he has been elected a foreign member

"Correspondant" of Accademia Economio-Agraria deiGeorgofili of Florence as a token of respect for his work aseconomist and teacher.

Free fieldPerson

NameSubject keywords Marshall - status as economistSubject keywords Marshall - honoursSubject keywords Accademia Economio-Agraria de Georgofili, Florence

Physical descriptSummary 1 sheet; 2 pp. textCondition Thin paper, slightly torn on folds





Description level 4


Role WriterName Dicey, Albert VennDescriptor Vinerian Professor of English Law, Oxford


Date 7.11.1893Place Oxford, Banbury Road, The Orchard




ContentSummary Comments, as requested, on an obituary notice of Benjamin

Jowett, Master of Balliol College, Oxford, written by Marshall[`Economic Journal' v.III pp.745-46, reprinted in A.C. Pigoued. `Memorials of Alfred Marshall' (London, 1925) pp.292-94].Relates incident illustrative of Jowett's character.

Free field Letter is in hand of an amanuensis.Person

Name Jowett, BenjaminSubject keywords

Physical descriptSummary 2 sheets, 8 pp. textCondition Slightly torn at centre fold






Description level 4




Date 25.11.1903Place Oxford, All Souls College




ContentSummary Has recently lectured at Newnham, as part of planned series

on relation between Law and Opinion in England during 19Cwhich hopes to publish as book. Supports Marshall's view thatAdam Smith, no less than Bentham, had much to do withlegislation about trade combinations but 1824 CombinationAct was the direct work of Benthamites - [John Ramsay]McCulloch, [Joseph] Hume, [Francis] Place. Asks Marshall forinformation further to reference to Mill's `Political Economy'.Leslie Stephen agreed that Utilitarians did not deal much withcombinations. Mentions likeness between developments incombination laws in England and France. Expects to meetmembers and friends of Working Men's College with GeorgeTrevelyan next week.

Free field Letter in hand of an amanuensis.Person

Name Smith, Adam & Bentham, Jeremy & McCulloch, John Ramsay& Place, Francis & Hume, Joseph & Mill, John Stuart &Stephen, Leslie & Trevelyan, George Otto, Sir & Spencer,Herbert

Subject keywords Industrial relations - trade unionsSubject keywords Industrial relations - Combination Act 1824Subject keywords Ec philosophy - utilitarianismSubject keywords Working Men's College

Physical descriptSummary 3 sheets; 10 pp. textCondition Sound






Description level 4



PersonRole RecipientName Marshall, Mary PaleyDescriptor Lecturer in Economics, Newnham College, Cambridge

Date 11.12.1903Place Oxford, The Orchard




ContentSummary Has sent `Quaker Strongholds' [published 1890] by friend and

cousin C[aroline] E[melia] Stephen, a remarkable book. "Ihope you see her as much as you can". Is very pleased withSidgwick Lecture. Believes that exchange of professors, suchas [Frederic William] Maitland, between Oxford andCambridge would be valuable. Praises [Courtney Stanhope]Kenny [Cambridge University Reader in English Law] as alegal writer.

Free fieldPerson

Name Stephen, Caroline Emelia & Maitland, Frederic William &Kenny, Courtney Stanhope

Subject keywords QuakersSubject keywords Cambridge Univ - exchange of professors with OxfordSubject keywords Oxford Univ - exchange of professors with CambridgeSubject keywords Cambridge Univ - Sidgwick Lectureship

Physical descriptSummary 1 sheet; 2 pp. copy typescriptCondition Torn at edges and centre fold





Description level 4


Role WriterName Edgeworth, Francis YsidroDescriptor Drummond Professor of Political Economy, Oxford


Date 9.2.1907Place Oxford, All Souls College




ContentSummary Economist friends of Marshall feel he should have his portrait

painted. Idea first mooted by [Langford Lovell] Price and selfwho have formed a committee. Encloses list of names[formerly in LBB 18 with list of subscribers].

Free fieldPerson

Name Price, Langford Lovell F.R.Subject keywords Marshall - portrait

Physical descriptSummary 2 sheets; 5pp. textCondition Sound




1842-1924', (Aldershot, 1995), p.627




Description level 4



PersonRole RecipientName Edgeworth, Francis YsidroDescriptor Drummond Professor of Political Economy, Oxford





ContentSummary Agrees with gratitude to Edgeworth's and [Langford Lovell]

Price's suggestion that he should have his portrait painted.Free field Copy is in Mary Paley Marshall's hand.Person

Name Price, Langford Lovell F.R.Subject keywords Marshall - portrait

Physical descriptSummary 1 sheet; 1 p. textCondition Sound



Type ExcerptReference Groenewegen, Peter, 'A Soaring Eagle: Alfred Marshall,

1842-1924', (Aldershot, 1995), p.628




Description level 4


Role WriterName Elliott, Thomas HenryDescriptor Chairman of the Royal Economic Society, Secretary of Board

of Agriculture and FisheriesPerson


Date 24.5.1906Place [London] 4 Whitehall Place, Board of Agriculture and Fisheries




ContentSummary Asks whether Marshall will accept nomination as President of

Royal Economic Society in succession to Lord Goschen.Free field Signature - T.H.ElliottPerson

Name Goschen, George Joachim, Lord GoschenSubject keywords Royal Economic Society

Physical descriptSummary 1 sheet; 2 pp. text, typescriptCondition Torn at folds





Previous number Marshall 1(13) [duplicate number]

Description level 4



PersonRole RecipientName Elliott, Thomas HenryDescriptor Chairman of Royal Economic Society, Secretary of Board of

Agriculture and FisheriesDate 25.5.1906Place Not given




ContentSummary Is proud of invitation to succeed Lord Goschen as President of

the "Economic Association" [Royal Economic Society wasformerly the British Economic Association]. The task ofpresiding over the first Annual Congress is especiallyimportant. Is nevertheless compelled to decline as has heardfrom Schloss that Congress will be in October. Arrangementsfor it must be made in the summer, which is the only timeMarshall can work satisfactorily. At other times he does notknow what he has written or when he is repeating himself.Makes himself inaccessible in Tyrol; wife has already bookedroom. Could not contribute much to the guidance of theSociety.

Free field Copy is in Mary Paley Marshall's hand.Person

Name Goschen, George Joachim, Lord Goschen & Schloss [?DavidF.]

Subject keywords Royal Economic SocietySubject keywords Marshall - method of workingSubject keywords Marshall - health

Physical descriptSummary 3 sheets; 3 pp. textCondition Sound






Description level 4


Role WriterName Elliott, Thomas HenryDescriptor Chairman of Royal Economic Society, Secretary of Board of

Agriculture and FisheriesPerson


Date 26.5.1906Place [London] 4 Whitehall Place, Board of Agriculture and Fisheries




ContentSummary Acknowledges Marshall's letter of 25 May. Will present it to

Council of [Royal Economic] Society, but with great personalregret.

Free fieldPerson

NameSubject keywords Royal Economic Society

Physical descriptSummary 1 sheet; 2 pp. textCondition Inkstain on blank part





Description level 4


Role WriterName Florence, Philip SargantDescriptor Lecturer in Economics, Cambridge, later Birmingham

PersonRole RecipientName Marshall, Mary PaleyDescriptor Retired Lecturer in Economics, Newnham College, Cambridge

Date 13.2.1927Place Cambridge, 55 Chesterton Road




ContentSummary Tells of new society formed by undergraduates to study those

social questions in which Marshall took such an interest. Is tocall itself "The Marshall Society". Aims to "bring togethermembers of the University and Newnham and Girton who areinterested in social questions".

Free field Signature - P. Sargant FlorencePerson

NameSubject keywords Marshall Society

Physical descriptSummary 1 sheet; 2 pp. textCondition Torn at folds





Description level 4


Role WriterName Galton, FrancisDescriptor Eugenicist, Fellow of the Royal Society


Date 3.8.1891Place London S.W., 42 Rutland Gate




ContentSummary Asks permission to nominate Marshall as one of Vice

Presidents of demography division at Sixth InternationalCongress of Hygiene and Demography, under presidency ofPrince of Wales, meeting in London Aug. 10-17. Dr [William]Ogle [Superintendent of Statistics, General Registry Office]has withdrawn as president of division because of workinvolved in Census; has taken his place. OtherVice-Presidents are Dr Ogle, Mr [Robert] Giffen, Sir Rawson[W.] Rawson and probably Dr Mowat. In hurry to completeprogramme.

Free fieldPerson

Name Ogle, William & Giffen, Robert & Rawson, Rawson W., Sir &Mowat, [-], Dr

Subject keywords Statistics - demography


Publication recordType ReferenceReference Whitaker, John K., ed., 'The Correspondence of Alfred

Marshall, Economist', 3 vols, (Cambridge, 1996), letter no.348, note 3


1842-1924', (Aldershot, 1995), p.463




Description level 4



PersonRole RecipientName Girdlers, Worshipful Company ofDescriptor Clerk to the Company [W. Dumville Smythe]





ContentSummary Court of Worshipful Company of Girdlers will shortly meet to

discuss renewal of their grant to Economic School [Faculty].Writes, at suggestion of Mr A.H.Adie, to give account of recentprogress. Praises lecturers, especially Pigou and Clapham,and gives numbers of students taking Economics Tripos. Isasking Mr [?Hugh Owen] Meredith, Chairman of Examiners, tosend Company some papers.

Free fieldPerson

Name Adie, A.H. & Pigou, Arthur Cecil & Clapham, John Harold &Meredith, [?Hugh Owen]

Subject keywords Girdlers, Worshipful Company ofSubject keywords Economics TriposSubject keywords Cambridge Univ - Girdlers Lectureship at

Physical descriptSummary 5 sheets; 5 pp. textCondition Filing hole top left corner all sheets




1842-1924', (Aldershot, 1995), pp. 553, 555




Description level 4



PersonRole RecipientName Hilton, JohnDescriptor [?] Secretary of Committee on Trusts, later Professor of

Industrial Relations, CambridgeDate 14.4.1919Place Not given




ContentSummary Please "glance at my plea for chivalrous competition". Thinks

it "a chief factor of progress"; troubled by suggestion that itmust be greedy. Competition is a stimulus, as seen in racquetcourt.

Free field Piece referred to may be `The Social Possibilities of EconomicChivalry', `Economic Journal' Vol.XVII, 1907,pp. 7-29.

PersonName

Subject keywords Ec philosophy - chivalrySubject keywords Ec philosophy - competition







Description level 4


Specific type EnvelopeLanguage English

AcquisitionSummary

ContentSummary Envelope for storage, not posting.Free field Marked in ink "Hilton A's letter to on competition".Person


Physical descriptSummary Manila 226 mm x 100 mmCondition Ink smudge on "to"





Description level 4


Role WriterName Marshall, AlfredDescriptor Professor of Political Economy, Cambridge University

PersonRole RecipientName Jackson, HenryDescriptor Regius Professor of Greek, Cambridge (1906-) and Fellow of

Trinity CollegeDate Not givenPlace Cambridge, Madingley Road, Balliol Croft


Specific type Draft letterLanguage English


ContentSummary Item I of the Recommendations needs to be supplemented by

Statute requiring all colleges to devote much larger part ofexpenditure on scholarships and exhibitions to poor men.Gives details of his scheme, suggesting amounts.

Free fieldPerson

NameSubject keywords University education - cost of

Physical descriptSummary 1 sheet; 2 pp.textCondition Sound


1842-1924', (Aldershot, 1995), p.639




Description level 4


Role WriterName James, Montague RhodesDescriptor Vice Chancellor, University of Cambridge and Provost of

King's CollegePerson

Role RecipientName Marshall, AlfredDescriptor Professor of Political Economy, retired

Date 19.12.1913Place [Cambridge] King's College Lodge




ContentSummary Informs Marshall of the Grace passed by Senate accepting his

endowment of the Adam Smith prize. Thanks him for hisgenerous and public-spirited offer.

Free fieldPerson

NameSubject keywords Cambridge Univ - Adam Smith Prize in economicsSubject keywords Marshall - endowments

Physical descriptSummary 1 sheet [University headed notepaper]; 2 pp. textCondition Sound

Publication recordType ExcerptReference Whitaker, John K., ed., 'The Correspondence of Alfred

Marshall, Economist', 3 vols, (Cambridge, 1996), letter no.1023, note 4




Description level 4


Role WriterName Jevons, William StanleyDescriptor Professor of Logic and Moral Philosophy, Owens College,

ManchesterPerson

Role RecipientName Marshall, AlfredDescriptor Fellow and Lecturer in Moral Sciences, St John's College,

CambridgeDate 7.1.1875Place Manchester, Withington, Parsonage Road



AcquisitionSummary Found in Library file with later letter mentioning its deposit by

Mrs Marshall; not on pre-1946 list

ContentSummary Comments [as an examiner] on candidates' answers in

political economy and on their use of the graphical method.Liked the way curves had been applied to taxation. HopesMarshall will publish the curves he has already worked out.Sidgwick's book on moral philosophy [`Method of Ethics',1874] is not easy reading.

Free fieldPerson

Name Sidgwick, HenrySubject keywords Methodology - diagramsSubject keywords Other economists - Sidgwick, Henry



Marshall, Economist', (1996), 3 vols., letter no. 14




Description level 4


Role WriterName Jevons, William StanleyDescriptor Professor of Political Economy, University College, London

PersonRole RecipientName Marshall, AlfredDescriptor Principal of University College, Bristol and Professor of

Political EconomyDate 12.5.l879Place Hampstead



AcquisitionSummary Found in Library file with later letter mentioning its deposit by

Mrs Marshall; not on pre-1946 list

ContentSummary Has felt guilty about keeping a book by [Karl Heinrich] Rau

lent him by Marshall. Jevons' new edition of `Theory ofPolitical Economy' is about to leave printer; has therefore noexcuse for keeping borrowed book any longer. [Henry]Sidgwick had sent a copy of Marshall's printed papers [`PureTheory of Foreign Trade', `Pure Theory of Domestic Values';printed by Henry Sidgwick for private circulation 1879]. Hasnot been able to refer to them much as `Theory' was almostready when he received them. Found difficulty in masteringthe problems. Hopes Mrs Marshall is pleased with herlecturing and classes.

PersonName Rau, Karl Heinrich & Sidgwick, Henry & Marshall, Mary Paley

Subject keywords Publications - Pure Theory of Foreign Trade [1879]Subject keywords Publications - Pure Theory of Domestic Values [1879]Subject keywords Other economists - Jevons, W.SSubject keywords Marshall, Mary Paley - lecturer



Marshall, Economist', 3 vols, (Cambridge, 1996), letter no. 59



Previous number Marshall [unnumbered]

Description level 4


Specific type EnvelopeLanguage English

AcquisitionSummary Found in Library file; contained Marshall 1/35

ContentSummary Envelope marked "Jevons" and with red pencil asterisk

Physical descriptSummary Off white, 225 mm x 95 mmCondition Sound


Previous number Marshall 1(14A)

Description level 4


Role WriterName Jowett, BenjaminDescriptor Master of Balliol College, Oxford

PersonRole RecipientName Marshall, AlfredDescriptor Principal of University College, Bristol, and Professor of

Political EconomyDate 6.10.1879 (earlier than)Place Railway waiting room, en route for Prof. Campbell's, St.

Andrews



AcquisitionSummary Apparently part of first deposit; on pre-1946 list as Jowett "No.

2"

ContentSummary Sorry to hear of Marshall's intended resignation [from Bristol].

Asks him to consider alternatives: to stay one more year, or toresign as Principal but retain lectureship in Political Economy,which would enable Mrs Marshall to help in the "Ladies'Education of Clifton." Comments on need to avoid publicity,sympathy for Marshall in his illness and own interest in bookson Political Economy - does not fully understand themathematical formulae.

Free field Annotated "2" in pencil in upper left corner of first page.Person

Name Marshall, Mary PaleySubject keywords Marshall - Bristol, resignationSubject keywords Marshall - healthSubject keywords Marshall, Mary Paley - women's educationSubject keywords Methodology - mathematical method

Physical descriptSummary l sheet; 4 pp.text, in pencilCondition Badly rubbed at folds


Marshall, Economist', 3 vols, (Cambridge, 1996), letter no. 37Type ReferenceReference Groenewegen, Peter, 'A Soaring Eagle: Alfred Marshall,

1842-1924', (Aldershot, 1995), p.689




Description level 4




Political EconomyDate 6.10.1879Place Oxford




ContentSummary Thinks the Calendar had better be sent to all Fellows of Balliol

and New College. Congratulations on completion of "littlebook" [`Economics of Industry']; would be glad to have it.No-one except himself and Mr [John Wreford] Budd [Memberof Court of Bristol University College] knows of Marshall'sintended resignation. Suggests Principal's workload could bereduced. Offers six reasons why his resignation would be badfor both Marshall and College, including financial and otherdifficulties of life devoted to writing and that there is noprofessorship at Cambridge likely to be vacant. Perhaps therecould be a Vice Principal on £300 a year, chosen and paid forby Marshall.

Free field Annotated "1" in pencil in upper left corner of first page.University College, Bristol was established under the auspicesof Balliol and New Colleges at Oxford.

PersonName Budd, John Wreford

Subject keywords Publications - Economics of Industry [1879]Subject keywords Marshall, Mary Paley - Economics of Industry [1879]Subject keywords Marshall - Bristol, resignationSubject keywords Marshall - health

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PersonRole RecipientName Marshall, Mary PaleyDescriptor

Date 16.7.1881Place [Berkshire, nr. Reading] Sonning Rectory




3"

ContentSummary Is going to stay with Mrs Abbott at Clifton [Bristol]. Did not

reply to Marshall's latest two letters since he had nothing tosay but wishes them both well, wherever they are andwhatever they do.


Name Abbott, Mrs [of Clifton, Bristol]Subject keywords Marshall - Bristol, resignation

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Political EconomyDate 9.8.1881Place [Worcestershire] West Malvern




ContentSummary Laments departure of the Marshalls from Clifton [Bristol].

Would they consider the possibility of their both coming backas Professors of Political Economy? Problems concerningpayment, but it might be possible to get Marshall elected to aFellowship [perhaps at Balliol] with minimum residencerequirements once the new Statutes come into operation. Tocontinue work at Bristol would be ideal for both of them.H[enry John Stephen] Smith supports the Fellowship idea.Have spoken of this only to [Francis Nonus] Budd and [JamesMaurice] Wilson".


Name Budd, Francis Nonus & Smith, Henry John Stephen & Wilson,James Maurice

Subject keywords Marshall - Bristol, resignationSubject keywords Marshall - Balliol fellowshipSubject keywords Marshall, Mary Paley - Bristol professorship

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Political EconomyDate 21.8.1881Place [Worcestershire] West Malvern




5"

ContentSummary Glad Marshall has not set aside his "hypothetical" proposal

[see Marshall 1/40]. Discusses remuneration. Reminds himthat [Drummond] Professor of Political Economy [BonamyPrice, d. 1888] is an old man and Marshall "would have astronger claim than anyone else" to the job. Possibleantagonism with Mrs. Ramsay [?Margaret, nee Buchanan,wife of William Ramsay, Professor of Chemistry andMarshall's successor as Principal at Bristol] seems imaginary;nobody could quarrel with Mrs Marshall.

Free field Annotated "5" in pencil on p.1; "Balliol" in ink on p.4.Person

Name Price, Bonamy & Ramsay, [?Margaret, Mrs William]Subject keywords Oxford Univ - Drummond Professorship in Political EconomySubject keywords Marshall, Mary Paley - Bristol





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PersonRole RecipientName Marshall, AlfredDescriptor Professor of Political Economy, Bristol

Date 28.3.1883Place [Worcestershire] West Malvern




ContentSummary Board of Electors to Political Economy Professorship is new;

will probably [re]elect Bonamy Price. Marshall is going toBournemouth - gives him an introduction to Sir Henry Taylor,author of 'Philip van Artevelde'. Comments on deaths of[Henry John Stephen] Smith [Savilian Professor of Geometryat Oxford] and [Arnold] Toynbee. A great loss to Oxford and toself personally. Smith was a "genius" and Toynbee "one of themost promising young men in the country". Would be glad ifthe Marshalls settled in Oxford.

Free field Annotated "6" in pencil on upper left corner of first page;pencil line beside last paragraph of text.

PersonName Taylor, Henry & Toynbee, Arnold & Smith, Henry John

StephenSubject keywords Oxford Univ - Drummond Professorship in Political EconomySubject keywords Marshall - Oxford





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Date 14.12.1884Place Oxford




ContentSummary Pleased and sorry about the Marshalls' leaving Oxford [on

Marshall's appointment to the Cambridge chair]. Believes theyhave taken on an important and relevant field of enquiry.Offers Marshall advice, which he does not expect him to take:not to fill his work with "Mathematical forms or symbols". Gladto hear they are being relegated to the appendix.

Free field Annotated "7" in pencil on p.l; printed address "Mentmore,Leighton Buzzard" crossed through; pencil line beside sectionof text.

PersonName

Subject keywords Methodology - mathematical methodSubject keywords Marshall - Oxford, departure from

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Type ReferenceReference Whitaker, J.K., ed., 'The Early Economic Writings of Alfred

Marshall, 1867-1890', 2 vols, (London, 1975), vol.1, p. 28Type ReferenceReference Groenewegen, Peter, 'A Soaring Eagle: Alfred Marshall,

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PersonRole RecipientName Marshall, AlfredDescriptor Lecturer, Balliol College, Oxford

Date 25.12.1884Place [Worcestershire] West Malvern




ContentSummary Thanks for letter; expresses pleasure at and thankfulness for

his acquaintance with the Marshalls. Oxford undergraduateswonder who is going to teach them economics. Discusses thevalue of economic studies and congratulates Marshall on hisprofessorship. Asks about relative merits of [John Neville]Keynes and [William] Cunningham for Oxford lectureshipwhich might lead to [Bonamy] Price's [political economy] chair.Attempts again to discourage Marshall from using "Symbols",which [Augustus] de Morgan and [George] Boole havemisapplied; political economy "should always be set forth in ...literary form".

Free field Annnotated "8" in pencil in upper left corner of p.1.Person

Name Keynes, John Neville & Cunningham, William & Price,Bonamy & De Morgan, Augustus & Boole, George

Subject keywords Marshall - Cambridge professorshipSubject keywords Oxford Univ - Drummond Professorship in Political EconomySubject keywords Methodology - mathematical method




Type Verbatim transcriptReference Whitaker, J.K. (ed) `The Early Writings of Alfred Marshall'

(London, 1975), vol.1, pp.27-28Type ReferenceReference Groenewegen, Peter, 'A Soaring Eagle: Alfred Marshall,

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Date 22.2.1885Place Oxford, Ball[iol] Coll[ege]




ContentSummary Apologises for not replying sooner; thanks for a present

received. The Marshalls are missed at Oxford. Wishes to keepsome borrowed books - "Socialism etc" - for a few moreweeks. Invites the Marshalls to visit him. Oxford is going toadmit "ladies" to the music degree, and to introduce a medicalschool despite Dr [Henry Wentworth Dyke] Acland's protests.Balliol has elected Lord Justice [Charles Singe Christopher]Bowen as its Visitor. Thanks for papers containing account ofconference [probably the Industrial Remuneration Conferencewhich was addressed by Marshall]. Comments on laissez-faireversus government interference. Has been readingbiographies of George Elliot [sic], R.W.Emerson and anItalian, Count Pasolini.

Free field Annotated "9" in pencil in upper left corner of p.1.Person

Name Acland, Henry Wentworth Dyke, Sir & Bowen, Charles SyngeChristopher, Lord Justice & Eliot, George [Mary Ann Cross,nee Evans] & Emerson, Ralph Waldo & Pasolini, Count

Subject keywords Oxford Univ - changesSubject keywords Women's education - Oxford UnivSubject keywords Ec philosophy - Jowett





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Date 5.1.1886 (attributed)Place




ContentSummary Invites Marshalls to Oxford on 23 Jan., to meet [James

Edward Cowell] Welldon, new Master of Harrow, and Mr andMrs Humphry Ward. Favours Oxford following Cambridge leadin admitting affiliated students to degrees after 2 years'residence [in statute of 10 Dec. 1885], though fears it mightbecome common practice. Asks for further information aboutscheme.


Name Welldon, James Edward Cowell & Ward, Mary Augusta [MrsHumphrey, nee Arnold] & Ward, Humphrey

Subject keywords Cambridge Univ - degreesSubject keywords Oxford Univ - degrees





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Date 30.12.1886Place [Oxford] Balliol College




ContentSummary Pleased to hear that she remembers Oxford. Marshall must be

one of the happiest men in the world because of theimportance of his chosen subject. She shares his interests "ina manner that hardly falls to the lot of any other women".Hopes she will not let him explain things using mathematicalformulae and symbols, which is opposed by self, and byH[enry John Stephen] Smith [Savilian Professor of Geometry].Ideas cannot be expressed by numbers and figures. Glad tohear that numbers are to be relegated to the appendix. Hasbeen visited by General Walker; agrees with the praise shegave him. Hopes she meets the new Master of Trinity [HenryMontagu Butler]; comments favourably on his character.Ladies' colleges at Oxford are flourishing. Hopes they will notentirely neglect accomplishments for the sake of "solidattainments", but he suspects that she will not agree. Abookseller will send them some of Count Tolstois [sic] novelsas a new year gift. Would like to know what Marshall thinks ofbimetallism. The plan would be agreeable to some Americansbut not to Indian farmers.

Free field Annotations - "11" in pencil on p.1; pencil line beside sectionsof text.

Free field Francis Amasa Walker was former American general anddistinguished economist

PersonName Smith, Henry John Stephen & Walker, Francis Amasa &

Tolstoy, Leo, Count & Butler, Henry MontaguSubject keywords Methodology - mathematical methodSubject keywords Education - women's, Oxford UnivSubject keywords Ec theory - bimetallism





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Date 11.4.1887Place Oxford




ContentSummary Glad to learn she is recovering. Usually spends this time of

year at Bournemouth with Sir H[enry] Taylor, whose death is agreat loss. Is staying with [Alfred, Lord] Tennyson. DescribesTennysons's character in old age and his sadness over deathof Lionel. The Marshalls have built themselves a model house[Balliol Croft] and lead a model life. Admires their "plan ofliving upon nothing"; compares them with the Early Christians.

Free field Annotated "12" in pencil in upper left corner of p.1; embossedaddress "Farmingford, Freshwater, Isle of Wight" crossedthrough in ink; pencil line beside sections of text.

PersonName Taylor, Henry & Tennyson, Alfred, Lord

Subject keywords Marshall - lifestyleSubject keywords Marshall - Balliol Croft

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Date 3.7.1887Place [Worcestershire] West Malvern, "address Oxford"




ContentSummary Asks the Marshalls to visit him the following Thursday for a

few days; would like to hear how Marshall is getting on withhis "opus magnum". Getting over his illness but is still weak.Has adopted Marshall's old method of only [working] for ten orfifteen minutes at a time.

Free field Annotated "13" in pencil in upper left corner of p.1Person

NameSubject keywords Marshall - method of working

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Date 19.12.1888Place [Wiltshire] Warminster, Longleat




ContentSummary Apologises for not writing sooner. Comments on their holiday

in north Yorkshire. Was himself in the same area with LyulphStanly [sic] 30 years previously. Thinks Marshalls among thehappiest people he has ever known; he gives five reasons forthis, including good health. Inquires about [Marshall's] book -likens it to a child. Hopes Marshall received 'evidence' he sent[for Marshall's use before Royal Commission on Gold andSilver]. Comments on issues relating to Indian currency withreference to Lord Lansdowne [Viceroy of India 1888-94].

Free field Annotated "14" in pencil in upper left corner of p.l; pencilledquestion marks over two words on p.3.

PersonName Stanley, Edward Lyulph & Lansdowne, Henry Charles

Petty-Fitzmaurice, LordSubject keywords Indian currencySubject keywords Commissions, Royal - Gold and Silver Commission 1887-8

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Date 6.1.1889Place [Not given]




14 1/2".

ContentSummary Thanks for letter. Asks Mrs. Marshall to look after and befriend

Miss Ethel Bowen who will be joining Newnham [College] on14 Jan. She is daughter of Lord Justice Bowen, a "dear friend"of Jowett's. She tends to emphasise intellectual matters at theexpense of family life and needs keeping quiet.

Free field Annotated "14 1/2" in pencil in upper left corner of first page.Person

Name Bowen, Ethel Kate & Bowen, Charles Synge Christopher, LordJustice

Subject keywords Women's educationSubject keywords Newnham College, Cambridge



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Date 22.5.1890Place [Oxford] Ball[iol] Coll[ege]




ContentSummary Thanks for telegram. Accepts, with pleasure, honorary degree

[LL.D. Cantab.] first suggested by Marshalls. Arranges to staywith them before staying with Dr [Henry Montagu] Butler.


Name Butler, Henry MontaguSubject keywords



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ContentSummary Delighted to receive Marshall's book [`Principles']. Believes it

will be of great value to capitalists and working classes andwill mediate between old political economy and new, betweenold state of industrial society and new. [David] Ricardo wouldhave accepted supplementation of his 'a priori' reasoning byMarshall's facts. Book is educational and goes back to firstprinciples; shows "the relationship between Political Economyand Ethics". Pleased that book has not been overloaded withmathematics. Hopes Marshall will have a holiday beforecontinuing his work; it is easy to imagine the world cannot geton without us. Asks if Marshalls are at Robin Hood's Bay[North Yorks].

Free field Annotated "l5" in pencil in upper left corner of first page.Person

Name Marshall, Alfred & Ricardo, DavidSubject keywords Publications - Principles [1890], reception of





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Date 18.9.1890Place [Scotland] St. Andrews




ContentSummary Marshall must have spent a happy vacation because of

success of book ['Principles'] and Presidency of EconomicSection [Economic Science and Statistics Section of BritishAssociation]. Mr Percival calls them the great Economists(Jowett always thinks of them in plural terms and associatesMarshall with the kind of Socialism of which he approves).They should find some excuse for a long holiday. Has beenreading life of Arthur Young and his travels in France.Believes Marshalls fortunate in their choice of subject whichbears on welfare of mankind. Raises a number of unsolvedissues in economics. Is pleased to see element ofHegelianism in Marshall's book. Is currently staying with LordRosebery - hopes Marshall will meet him.

Free field Annotated "17" in pencil in upper left corner of p.1; pencil lineby text on pp.2-4.

PersonName Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich & Rosebery, Archibald Philip

[Earl of Rosebery] & Young, Arthur & Percival, JohnSubject keywords Marshall, Mary Paley - as economistSubject keywords Publications - Principles [1890], reception ofSubject keywords Philosophy - Hegelianism in Principles







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ContentSummary Invites Marshalls to visit him on 29 Nov. when Mr [Arthur

James] Balfour will be staying with him. Asks Marshall'sadvice on best candidate for [Drummond] Professorship ofPolitical Economy [at Oxford]. Wonders whether anyone isbetter than [Francis Ysidro] Edgeworth who has asked forJowett's support. Hope Marshalls are enjoying success of theirbook ['Principles'], which he has given to Lord Rosebery.


Name Rosebery, Archibald Philip [Earl of Rosebery] & Edgeworth,Francis Ysidro & Balfour, Arthur James

Subject keywords Oxford Univ - Drummond Professorship in Political EconomySubject keywords Publications - Principles [1890], reception of






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ContentSummary Thanks for pocketbook. Delighted at success of "treatise on

Political Economy". Revision should not be feared; it is not aslaborious as writing the original book. New editions are a greatimprovement. Wishes that no-one would read a first when asecond has appeared; he allows anyone giving up a firstedition to buy second at half price. May not authors rejoiceabout "American Copyright"? Glad that "you were pleased withMr [Arthur James] Balfour." He and Marshall have more incommon than either has with Mr [Henry Du Pre] Labouchereor Sir William Harcourt. Balliol College is doing better than itsnumerous and malevolent enemies wish. Hopes to visit Elywith Marshall on his next trip to Cambridge.

Free field Annotated "19" in pencil in upper left corner of p.1; pencil lineby text on p.2.

PersonName Balfour, Arthur James & Labouchere, Henry Du Pre &

Harcourt, William, SirSubject keywords Publications - Principles [1890], reception ofSubject keywords Publications - Principles [1890], revision ofSubject keywords Publications - American copyright





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ContentSummary In response to hope that he would not disapprove of her

having witnessed an exhibition of table-turning[parapsychological experimentation]: he does not; but isanxious that she does not fall under such influences. They aremixed up with illusions, have a bad effect on mind and arecultivated by wrong sort of people - not by men like Marshalland Dr Macallister but by sciolists, [William] Crookes,H[erne?], not by "real scientists" like [Michael] Faraday,[Thomas Henry] Huxley and Sir W. Skinner. They splitfamilies, as in the case of Mr and Mrs Br[owning?] andinterfere with the "purer and higher interests" of Cambridge.Asks her to give up these subjects, to stand aloof and not talkabout them to others.


Name Marshall, Alfred & Macallister, [?Donald, Sir] & Crookes,William & Herne? & Faraday, Michael & Huxley, ThomasHenry & Skinner, W., Sir & Browning, Mr and Mrs

Subject keywords Parapsychology



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Date 30.9.1891Place [Oxford] Balliol [College]




ContentSummary Asks if she has read "Erewhon". Has been unwell since they

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