Yours obediently, (Signed) RICHARD F. BURTON.
"THE VICE-CHANCELLOR, OXFORD."
The Curators presently met and the following was the highly unsatisfactory result which speaks little for "Bodleian" kindness or courtesy:?
No. III.
Monday, Nov. 1, 1886.
"DEAR SIR RICHARD BURTON,
"The Curators considered your application on Saturday, Oct. 30, afternoon, and the majority of them were unwilling to lend the MS[420]
Yours very truly, (Signed) EDWARD B. NICHOLSON."
Learning through a private source that my case had been made an unpleasant exception to a long-standing rule of precedent, and furthermore that it had been rendered peculiarly invidious by an act of special favour,[421] I again addressed the Vice-Chancellor, as follows:?
No. IV.