Papers of William Kingdon Clifford

(Trinity College, Cambridge.) This is the only spare sheet he can find [see note below]; the others are full of gymnastic programmes. 'My sweet Fred! as if I ever slept in that miracle of folly called bed! I balance a leaf of my table on two chairs (to be out of the way of cockroaches!) and sleep as softly as if it were a slab of marble.' Praises Pollock's 'Spinoza' [probably the unsigned review of R. Willis's Benedict de Spinoza (1870) in the Spectator, 7 May 1870]. Imagines an amusing exchange with 'a typical Cambridge rector'. It is feared that Keary will not be a success.

(The sheet begins with an abortive invitation to the Master, W. H. Thompson, and his wife. Some of the expressions in the letter are obscure.)