In a book commissioned by the administration of the Vrije Universiteit, an asterism, a poem, and four letters by Kuyper are reprinted in their entirety. The asterism, entitled “Een slippendraagster aan Amsterdam onthouden” [A lackey withheld from Amsterdam], is reprinted from De Standaard 6 (1877), no. 1749, December 4, 1877. In this asterism Kuyper compliments Minister J. Kappeyne van de Coppello (1822–1895) for deciding that the government will not provide any salary for a divinity chair that had been inaugurated at the Municipal University of Amsterdam only a short time before (on October 15, 1877).

A poem (see 1897.16) is printed on pages 183–184, and a letter to Rev. H.A.J. Lütge (see 1956.02) is reproduced on page 157. A letter to A.F. de Savornin Lohman (dated April 1897), in which Kuyper responds with thankfulness and some expression of regret to Lohman’s proposal that they improve their wounded relationship, is reprinted on page 223. In the next letter to De Savornin Lohman on page 226 (dated Meiringen, August 30, 1899), Kuyper writes with “wistful gratitude” for the letter of condolence he had received after the death of his wife.

Finally, the book reprints (p. 303) a letter that Kuyper wrote from Vienna at the beginning of his tour around the Mediterranean (1905–1906). The letter (dated Octo- ber 4, 1905) was sent to J.C. Veltman, who was raising funds for a bust of Kuyper by the sculptor Toon Dupuis (1877–1937). The sculpture was to be unveiled during the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Vrije Universiteit (see 1905.19). Kuyper proposes that the committee wait until his return to present him with the statue. He also writes that he is prepared if necessary—“though the whole thing is really crazy”—to make a contribution of ƒ1,000 toward the cost of the sculpture. In the end, Kuyper paid the ƒ2,000 necessary for the marble bust. The letter is also reprinted in an article entitled “Hoe Kuyper zijn eigen beeld betaalde” (VU Magazine 9 [1980], no. 8, September 1980, pp. 24–25).