Typed Letter Signed to Sir Henry Trueman Wood, School for the Art of Theatre, 7, John Street, Adelphi, London.

English engineer and naval architect (1842-1932). One page, 4to. Good, but lightly creased and slightly discoloured at foot. Bears the stamp of the Royal Society of Arts, of which Wood was the Secretary. Thanks Wood for his 'kind telegram of congratulation' (presumably on his knighthood). 'I look upon the honour which the Government has conferred upon me, not as a personal compliment but as a compliment to the Engineering Profession as a whole, and you will be the first to agree with me that it is refreshing to find the Government recognise scientific progress, and not distribute their honours only among those who have political influence, or have given money to philanthropic purposes, neither of which ought to be paid for in any shape or form.' Signed 'A. F. Yarrow'.