Item 78 - Letter from F.W. Maitland to Nora Sidgwick

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Has just returned from the Canaries to find a copy of Henry Sidgwick: A Memoir awaiting him, for which he is very grateful to Nora. Had already had a copy sent to him in his 'winter quarters'; he 'read it eagerly and re-read it and went on re-re-reading.' Praises the work, and expresses the wish that he could do for Leslie Stephen what Nora has done for Henry. Supposes that she is tired of praise. Declares that the book has brought back to him 'some old days', and that the more he thinks over them the more he adores the memory of Henry. Feels that he owes to him far more than he could put into words, and that he could never tell him what he had been to him.