WCP3150

Letter (WCP3150.3118)

[1]1

Queen Margaret College,

Kelvinside

Glasgow

the 27. Febr[uary]. 1894

Dear Sir,

An ethical movement based on the doctrine of evolution being just about to rise in Germany[,] I should like very much to draw public attention to an essay of yours, published in the Arena2 of January 1892. "Human Progress past and present"3. Would [2] you be kind enough to give me permission of translating [sic] it into German? I am German by birth and although being Lecturer in a British University I am in close connection with the mental life of Germany. I know, many of my fellow countrymen will be very much interested in the subjects3 of the named essay of yours, if they only have [an] opportunity of being acquainted with it.

I should be very much obliged to you for an answer.

Yours truly | Alexander Tille [signature] Ph. D.

1
Page numbered 195 in pencil in top RH corner. Seal of the University of Glasgow in centre top of page. "Answ[ere]d" written in ink across top LH corner of page. British Museum stamp at bottom of page.
2
The Arena monthly journal, "the leading progressive review of the world" was the flagship magazine of the Arena Publishing Co., an American book and magazine publishing firm of the late 19th century. It was edited by company founder Benjamin Orange Flower (1858-1918).

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Transcribed by O'Dell, Sandra [2015-04-09] Transcription checked by Benny, Ruth [2015-04-09] Transcription checked by Sherwood, Danni [2020-08-10]

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