Letter from S.R. Crockett to old friend (bookseller)
subject: Everyman series, books, library, Mary McConnachie, uncles Robert and William, village library, Sunday School libraries, book collecting, 51st birthday
description: Written on 51st birthday; thanks friend for care about Everyman series; explains away in London placing work and arranging for sons (one Navy, other journalism); Mary McConnachie will receive and shelve books; requests catalogues of other series to supplement Everyman; describes disposing of uncles' 2000 volumes of religious tales, keeping only Galloway and standard books, donating rest to village and Sunday School libraries; reflects on early book-buying from friend and J.R. Murdoch; expresses lifelong hunger for books often going poor to feed his mind; notes sons lack same keenness with access to 30-40,000 volume library; warmly praises bookseller friend's universal kindness, wisdom and intelligence
creator: S.R. Crockett
date: 1910-09-24
contributor: Bookseller friend (recipient), Mary McConnachie, uncles Robert and William, Mr Henderson, Mr Thomson, J.R. Murdoch (mentioned)
language: English
type: LETTER
coverage: Auchencairn