"St. Petersburg, September 6th, 1880.
"My Dear Dr. Ryerson,
"I have just received your two beautiful volumes. I cannot tell you how grateful I am to you for your kind thought of me. There is no present I value more than that of a book from its author. Indeed, I have now a very interesting library composed of volumes given to me at different times by the various distinguished men of the present generation whom I have had the happiness to know, and your work will find an honoured place upon its shelves.
"You well know how fully I understand and appreciate all that you have done for education in Canada, and that there are few people in the Dominion for whom I have always entertained a greater regard or respect.
"Believe me, my dear Dr. Ryerson,
"Yours most sincerely,
(Signed) "Dufferin."
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