Autograph letter signed by political scientist Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson

DICKINSON, Goldsworthy Lowes (1862-1932). Autograph letter signed, discussing his recently published study of Parliament. 25 February [1896].
 
Autograph letter signed, dated 25 February [1896], written from Trinity Hall, Cambridge, to Miss White. Single sheet folded, written over three sides, each approximately 115 x 180 mm. Old folds, with creasing to the upper corner of the final side and a few minor marks; Very Good.
 
A content rich letter in which Dickinson apologises for failing properly to recognise Miss White during a recent social gathering. Having left his glasses on his writing table, he explains, “I am blind without my glasses”, and was unable to see either the musicians or those around him clearly.
Dickinson then reports that he had suffered an accident in the Peak District the previous November, followed by a period of recuperation at Torquay. 
 
He also discusses his enthusiasm for watercolour painting, recalling time spent with May in Northumberland and Scotland. He concludes by mentioning his recently published book:
“I have just lately published a capital Book, (Longmans & Co) called ‘The Development of Parliament during the 19th Century’. The subject probably will not attract you - but it is treated in a fascinating way - and in any moderate compass.”
 
Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson was a historian, political thinker and Fellow of King’s College, Cambridge. Closely connected with the Cambridge Apostles and the circle from which the Bloomsbury Group developed, he later became a prominent pacifist and advocate of international cooperation and a League of Nations.