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Letter from S.R. Crockett to William BrownClarifies has NOT stopped buying books but has no more room; must sell thousands of surplus when moving; will resume buying after move; wants house…
Letter from S.R. Crockett to William BrownHumorous letter about 11 shillings debt; protests amount too small between friends; discusses leaving Bank House with 35,000 books to shift and…
Letter from S.R. Crockett to William BlackwoodApology for delay with Galt introduction; taken ill in London, wife nursed him; back two days but still weak and weary; done 2000 words of 6000;…
Letter from S.R. Crockett to William BlackwoodRegrets missing Blackwood during Edinburgh visit with Dr Whyte; leaving for London; invites Blackwood to dine and sleep at Bank House on return for…
Letter from S.R. Crockett to William BlackwoodAt Glenhead Bargrennan to ease sore heart with silence; thanks for sympathy; glad to have D.S. Meldrum; praises choice of Annals of the Parish and The…
Letter from S.R. Crockett to William BlackwoodDiscusses Wallace unable to join Galt project; suggests Francis Espinasse (who wrote Library of National Biography article) as alternative; requests…
Letter from S.R. Crockett to William BlackwoodRefers Galt matter to Watt; willing to do for Galt's sake not financial; considers 1896 story volume
Letter from S.R. Crockett to William BlackwoodOffers to write introduction for Galt collected edition; suggests William Wallace as editor
Letter from S.R. Crockett to WellwoodRead poor lad's Seaside Idylls; introduction fitting and graceful but would be better with more Wellwood and less quotation (long Arnold passage and…
Letter from S.R. Crockett to WellwoodFollows dictated letter with handwritten note; delighted Wellwood understands Twenty-Four Verses exactly as intended; very few see them so; RLS first…