The life and letters of Benjamin Jowett, M. A., master of Balliol college, Oxford.

Letters, 1865-I870

425

To MRS. TENNYSON.
July 29, 1867.
I daresay that you have received a book of Persian poems
(Omar Khayyam) with a French translation. When Alfred
has read them, will you send them to Mr. Fitzgerald? I heard
that they were being published under the superintendence
of M. Jules Mohl, and begged a copy of them for him, as he
certainly has a right to the first copy which arrives in England.
I hope that he will be stimulated to make some more of his
admirable translations.
M. Mohl is only responsible for the printing of the Persian.
He disapproves of the translation and the notes, which, he says,
are written under a 'pernicious Sufi influence.' I am on my
way to Scotland, where I hope to be settled in a day or two at
the old work. However, I feel that I am printing, which is
the beginning of the end.
The party was very pleasant. Mr. Browning was very sorry
to miss you and Alfred. I shan't give up all hope of seeing
you next year.
Will you do me a little favour? There is an old lady whose
courage and clear-headedness have done (or rather may have
done) me a very considerable service. She is very desirous
of having Alfred's autograph. Will you send me, without
troubling him, a few lines? I hope Hallam is well. Tell him
to write to me: I always like to hear from the boys..
I am very glad to hear of your Surrey purchase.
To PROFESSOR LEWIS CAMPBELL.
STRATHPEFFER, NR. DINGWALL,
August 3, [I867].
I made acquaintance with 'Ecce Homo' the other day.
He is a very modest, good sort of man. His book has the
advantage of considering the subject in some way, whereas
most persons are contented with words and formulas. But
it is wholly uncritical in not examining the documents-and
unspiritual in regarding Christ as the founder of a Church
rather than as a sacred individual-and unphilosophical in