Item 119 - Letter from Alexander Stewart to Henry Sidgwick

Apologises for not writing to Sidgwick sooner, and explains that the delay was due to absence from home and illness. Reports that he has gone over the article in Encyclopaedia Britannica, and gives a brief summary of suggested alterations, including development of the introductory chapter; division of the treatise into chapters and sections, with headings, brief summaries and tales, and with regard to Professor Bain's summaries in his Mental and Moral Science; names of subjects, 'even a brief analysis of the outstanding works - such as Plato's Ethical Dialogues, Aristotle's Ethics...'; a fuller treatment of Reid and Stewart, and 'Scotch philosophers generally', as well as more space dedicated to the French influence, and mention of more modern tendencies, such as Pessimism. Reports that Sidgwick's book [as a text-book] has been announced in the April issue of the Mission Record. Expresses an interest in seeing the proof sheets.