HOLLAND (Henry Scott, 1847-1918, Canon of St. Paul's, Regius Professor of Divinity at Oxford)

Autograph Letter Signed to Lady Castletown, (1811-1899, widow of John, 1807-1883, 1st Baron), saying "I long for more talk, especially about Professor Drummond. But I find myself obliged to give up Evening Talks just now. I cannot sleep after them so I am declining all invitations to Dinner ... I must leave 'Drummond' for a talk", 2 sides 8vo., 1 Amen Court, St. Paul's, E.C., no date, watermark

Henry Scott Holland, author of the hymn 'Judge eternal, throned in splendour', was long identified with social and economic problems, and was a founder of the Christian Social Union.
Henry Drummond, 1851-1897, lectured in Natural Science at the Free Church College in Glasgow, 1877, published 'Natural Law in the Spiritual World', 1883, and spent a year in scientific exploration in Africa. In 1884 he was ordained in the Free Church and became Professor of Theology at New College, Edinburgh, publishing 'The Ascent of Man' in 1894.

Item Date:  1885

Stock No:  15019      £40

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