Literary
ARNOLD
(Matthew, 1822-1888, Poet)
Autograph Letter Signed to the Dean of ELY
(Rev. Charles MERIVALE, 1808-1893, Historian and Churchman) telling him that The 'French Eton' was published in Macmillan's Magazine, but Macmillan reprinted it at a cheap rate, I think 2/6, and I do not think it is, like my book on Foreign Schools & Universities, out of print..., 1 side 8vo., Education Department, Whitehall headed paper, Harrow, 2nd October
Item Date: 1872
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Background
Matthew Arnold was the son of Thomas Arnold, the famed headmaster of Rugby School, and brother to both Tom Arnold, literary professor, and William Delafield Arnold, novelist and colonial administrator. Matthew Arnold has been characterised as a sage writer, a type of writer who chastises and instructs the reader on contemporary social issues. His book A French Eton, or Middle Class Education and the State, was published by Macmillan in 1864.
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