Item 68 - Letter from J.N. Keynes to Nora Sidgwick

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Thanks Nora on behalf of himself and his wife for the copy of Henry Sidgwick: A Memoir, and declares how much he is looking forward to reading it and to learning more 'of one whom he admired and revered more than any other person [he has] ever known.' Is pleased to hear that [The Principles of] Political Economy is 'selling steadily'; suggests that an index would be useful. Offers to supervise its creation, and states that it would be well for him to see '[W.E.?] Johnson at an early stage in order to ascertain the lines on which he is proceeding.' Thanks her for sending him the cheque, and declares that he does not believe that he has any claim to it, and would rather should consist in feeling that he had carried out a wish expressed by one to whom he owed so much. Asks her not to think ill of him for returning it, and suggests that part of it might be used 'as the remuneration of Johnson for making the index.'