Barrie had been appointed lord rector of St Andrews University in 1919. The speech, which, according to Mrs Rachel M Hart, Archivist, Special Collections Department, St Andrews University Library and Information Services, was actually delivered on 3 May 1922. Mrs Hart also confirms that "the appearance of the type face, size of paper, method of attachment and style of document is typical of the period in which the lecture was given. There are a number of similar items within our collections from the 1920s."

It was published later in 1922 by both Hodder & Stoughton and by Charles Scribner's Sons. This copy may have been made to be sent to one or the other of the publishers.

Pages are held together by a pin through the top left corner. First and last pages have come detached but are present. Pages are edgeworn with some foxing throughout.

PROVENANCE: Was part of the library of Dorothy Seward Walton (circa 1918, d. Sep 1980), a poet and author of "The Hidden Stream, a verse play based on the lives of Saints Serf and Mungo. She was also wife of the Professor of Botany at Glasgow University. Purchased at auction, Fellows & Sons, Birmingham, UK, 27 Sept, 2005.
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Price: 63.75 GBP