Morley, John, Morley of Blackburn, Viscount (1838–1923), British statesman and writer, born in Blackburn, Lancashire; for 25 years a Liberal in House of Commons; secretary for Ireland under Gladstone and for India under Campbell-Bannerman and Asquith; wrote lives of Gladstone, Burke, Cobden, Cromwell, Voltaire, Rousseau, and his own "Recollections"; general editor for "English Men of Letters" series. ALS, 1 p., London, no date. To Mr. Osgood, suggesting a meeting when he returns to London. On the letterhead of Nature magazine. Lightly soiled, but very good.