Letters to Gilbert White of Selborne : from his intimate friend and contemporary the Rev. John Mulso
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Letters to Gilbert White of Selborne : from his intimate friend and contemporary the Rev. John Mulso
（Cambridge library collection）
Cambridge University Press, 2011
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Reprint. Originally published: London : R.H. Porter , 1901
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
These letters to Gilbert White (1720-93), the author of The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne (1789; also reissued in this series) were published in 1907. They were written between 1744 and 1790 by John Mulso (1721-91); brother of the bluestocking Mrs Chapone, to White, whom he had met when both were undergraduates at Oxford. White's letters to Mulso were unfortunately destroyed, frustrating plans to publish a 'most interesting and amusing series of letters' between intimate friends, but the remaining half of the correspondence, 'containing almost the only contemporary illustration of Gilbert White's character and career', and then in the possession of the earl of Stamford, was edited by Rashleigh Holt-White, a great-great-nephew and enthusiast of his ancestor's life. These fascinating letters give insights into not only White's character but also the lives of the gentry of the period, and the intellectual milieu in which both men moved.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Letter 1. July 18, 1744 - Letter 229. December 15, 1790
- Index.
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