FitzGerald, Edward, 1870-12-08

Letter: Woodbridge, to "Dear Sir" [Bernard Quaritch, 1819-1899]

ALS. Comments on the interest the Rubaiyat has received: "a good deal of People's interest in this little Poem rises from its breathing, from so far back, a Voice which is in nearly every educated Man's heart now . . . People take a liking to it as an old Song." Goes on to reflect that "the World does not seem to have mended since Omar's Days - the same Game played - under the same Eye," and points to Germany and Russia.