Historiker und Romancier (1818-1894). Eigenh. Brief mit U. [London]. 1½ SS. 8vo.
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An eine namentlich nicht genannte Dame, hinsichtlich zweier schottischer Ausdrücke im Werke Thomas Carlyles (dessen Freund, Schüler und Biograph Froude gewesen war): "I have enquired in Scotland about the two Phrases which you require to have interpreted - Jook (& let the Jaw go by) means Duck, Dip, 'dive under' till the trouble [?] is done. I was wrong about Mall in Shaft. Mall or Mell means a mason's hammer (Carlyle's father was a mason). Shaft is the handle. - The phrase means keeping the working tools in order. Let me hear of any thing else which perplexes you [...]".