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458 CORRESPONDENCE AND PUBLIC PAPERS.
tensive investigations you mention. The assiduity
with which you have for many years persevered, and
still persevere, in accomplishing that arduous task,
will, I hope, be followed by results, not only beneficial
to the public, but also to yourself.
There are gentlemen in this country by whom, I
presume, judicious criticisms and friendly offices
would be readily afforded. In case a further revision
should be undertaken with zeal and good will, at
Oxford or Cambridge, and terminate with explicit
commendation, it would excite attention both in Britain and America, and produce useful consequences.
To whatever persons the perusal of the manuscripts
may be committed, permit me to hint that they should
be very legible. This remark is suggested by the
recollection of an incident which occurred many years
sirice. The author of a large manuscript, written in
an indistinct hand, requested a certain gentleman to
favour him with his opinion of it. The gentleman,
after a while, returned it, with some polite general
observations of little importance. It seems he " had
neither time nor patience to decipher much of it."
Should circumstances occur to render it highly
probable that your attending a revision in England
would eventually promote sales in both countries, or
ensure a good price for the copy, the expense incurred
by it might be more than compensated. As several
years are still necessary to finish the work, and as
occurrences may in the mean time create objections
or afford facilities which cannot now be foreseen, the
question, what posterior measures would be advisable,
| Title | The correspondence and public papers of John Jay - 4 |
| Creator | Jay, John |
| Publisher | G.P. Putnam's Sons |
| Place of Publication | New York, London |
| Date | [1890-93] |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000485 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 458 CORRESPONDENCE AND PUBLIC PAPERS. tensive investigations you mention. The assiduity with which you have for many years persevered, and still persevere, in accomplishing that arduous task, will, I hope, be followed by results, not only beneficial to the public, but also to yourself. There are gentlemen in this country by whom, I presume, judicious criticisms and friendly offices would be readily afforded. In case a further revision should be undertaken with zeal and good will, at Oxford or Cambridge, and terminate with explicit commendation, it would excite attention both in Britain and America, and produce useful consequences. To whatever persons the perusal of the manuscripts may be committed, permit me to hint that they should be very legible. This remark is suggested by the recollection of an incident which occurred many years sirice. The author of a large manuscript, written in an indistinct hand, requested a certain gentleman to favour him with his opinion of it. The gentleman, after a while, returned it, with some polite general observations of little importance. It seems he " had neither time nor patience to decipher much of it." Should circumstances occur to render it highly probable that your attending a revision in England would eventually promote sales in both countries, or ensure a good price for the copy, the expense incurred by it might be more than compensated. As several years are still necessary to finish the work, and as occurrences may in the mean time create objections or afford facilities which cannot now be foreseen, the question, what posterior measures would be advisable, |
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