Autograph letter signed : [London?], to an unidentified man, 1871 Dec. 14.

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Autograph letter signed : [London?], to an unidentified man, 1871 Dec. 14.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/608229793

Remarking that he was in the Athenaeum from 3 to 6:30 the previous day and is sorry to have missed him; indicating that he has "not yet heard from [Henry] Fawcett - perhaps his letters are not forwarded to him in the country"; regarding a piece written on "the injury which the University of Paris has done to France," could he please send an extract on "the effects of [mere?] central examination & administration on the education of a country"--He intends to write a piece and will send a draft.

1 item (4 p.) ; 17.8 cm.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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