JAMES ANTHONY FROUDE - AUTOGRAPH NOTE SIGNED 04/10 - HFSID 341918
Price: $200.00
JAMES ANTHONY FROUDE
Handwritten, signed note from the English historian asking if a
friend can drive with him on the 20th at 7:45. Extremely rare!
Autograph note signed: "J A Froude", in black ink, 4½x6. April
10. In full: "My dear Mr. Maney Can we persuade you to drive with us
on Tuesday the 20th at 7.45. Faithfully yours". English historian James
Anthony Froude (1818-1894) had intended to enter the Anglican ministry, but
his religious doubts - fully expressed in his controversial novel The
Nemesis of Faith (1849) - convinced him to pursue secular scholarship
instead. (Reaction to the book also compelled him to resign his fellowship at
Oxford.) His History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Defeat of
the Spanish Armada, completed in 1870, was also controversial, because
Froude wrote in a dramatic, polemical style. His biography of friend and
fellow historian Thomas Carlyle (1887) caused an even greater uproar, because
readers focused on his revelations of troubles in Carlyle's marriage rather than
on his praise of his writings. Froude made a speaking tour in the US, but
alienated audiences there with his ardent defense of British imperialism and
especially of its role in Ireland. Normal mailing folds. Left edge torn and
frayed. Corners and edges slightly worn. Edges irregular. Slightly toned. Pencil
notes (unknown hand) on verso. Otherwise, fine condition.
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