Corpus of Modern Scottish Writing (CMSW) - www.scottishcorpus.ac.uk/cmsw/ Document : 360 Title: Letter from Lord Ilay, Regarding a Book Dedication Author(s): Campbell, Archibald Sr I had yours with the dedication of Mr Anderson I knew very well the usuall stile of such papers & was therefore very [¿] in the matter. I must say too now I have seen it, that I wish he would say nothing but the bare inscription, for unleſs I had written it intirely anew I could not easily have framed it to my mind, & to be sure he thinks it very fine, so that I hardly know what to doe in it. I think you had best tell him that I am the person in the world the most averse to complements but will leave it to him to do as he shall think fit. I am Sr Your most obt huble servant Ilay