Letter from Matthew Arnold to J. Cotter Morison concerning research on the author Edward Gibbon

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In response to a previous correspondence concerning a theory of Arnold's that Gibbons' 'The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' was originally intended to have been written in French. Signed by creator.

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Arnold , Matthew . ( 1822-1888 ) Poet and Critic

Morison , James Augustus Cotter . ( 1832-1888 ) Historian Author

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