Letters of Henry Giles [manuscript], 1855-1864.

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Letters of Henry Giles [manuscript], 1855-1864.

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Letters to William Rounseville Alger and two anonymous correspondents discuss philosophy and philosophers, lecturing and the trials of touring, and religion including a comparison of Buddhism and Roman Catholicism and their similar Pantheism. He praises an unnamed book by Alger ("Public Morals," 1862?), discusses his own method of composition, and asks aid in locating a transcriber. He also mentions John Forster as a correspondent and a lecture by Richard S. Storrs that resembles one of his own papers. In addition there are anecdotes regarding himself and family.

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