BRACERS Record Detail for 52350

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Collection code
RA3
Recent acquisition no.
71D
Source if not BR
Bodleian Library
Recipient(s)
Murray, Gilbert
Sender(s)
BR
Date
1911/08/07
Form of letter
ALS(X)
Pieces
2
BR's address code (if sender)
TC
Notes and topics

BR is sending Murray most of the typescript of The Problems of Philosophy. The last chapter awaits writing. There is little metaphysics.

Transcription

BR TO GILBERT MURRAY, 7 AUG. 1911
BRACERS 52350. ALS. Murray papers, Bodleian
Edited by W. Bruneau. Proofread by A.G. Bone

<letterhead>
Trinity College,
Cambridge.1
7. Aug. 1911

Dear Gilbert

I am sending you today the greater part of my treatise on philosophy for shop-assistants; the rest will follow quickly. There will be 3 more chapters — two are now being typed, the 3rd is not yet written. I think the total is about 46,000 words, so if you think any portion obscure from brevity, there will be room for some expansion. I couldn’t say much about metaphysics because so little of it seems to me true. I don’t know your address, but I suppose this will be forwarded from Oxford.

Love to Mary.

Yrs. ever
Bertrand Russell.

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    [document] Proofread against a photocopy of the original letter.

Permission
Everyone
Transcription Public Access
Yes
Record no.
52350
Record created
Jun 15, 2004
Record last modified
Dec 05, 2025
Created/last modified by
duncana