- GLC#
- GLC00496.217-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- February 9, 1831
- Author/Creator
- St. John, James Augustus, 1801-1875
- Title
- to Thomas Pringle
- Place Written
- Paris, France
- Pagination
- 4 p. : docket ; Height: 18.5 cm, Width: 11 cm
- Language
- English
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- Age of Jackson
He apologizes for not writing sooner on grounds that he was busy with his most recently published work, "Lives of Distinguished Travellers." Discusses his upcoming "Anatomy of Society" and expresses concern over its critics' reception and his friends' reactions. Inquires after Pringle's upcoming work of fiction about South Africa and wishes him future success.
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