Identity area
Reference code
Miscellaneous/Box 13/PA2
Unique identifier
GB 275 Miscellaneous/Box 13/PA2
Title
A.L.s., from Frederick Apthorp Paley to Mr Jessop
Date(s)
- 16 February 1868 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
4p paper
Context area
Name of creator
(1815-1888)
Biographical history
BA 1838
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Bought from E. Hall, 1967.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Congratulates Jessop on his having attained a second edition with his 'little introductory Grammar' in the face of considerable competition in this particular field, in which 'the struggle for precedence in very hard'; and thanking him for his invitation to Norwich. He concludes with an intersting supposition casting doubt upon the translations of Homer dating from the 5th Century BC followed by references to the forthcoming Tripos examinations.