BIB_ID
101554
Accession number
MA 8731
Creator
James, Henry, 1843-1916.
Display Date
1905 March 11 and March 16.
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. James Sullivan, 1923.
Description
1 item (10 pages) ; 25.5 x 20.3 cm + envelope
Notes
Mrs. Sullivan's nephew, Jonathan Sturges (1864-1911), was a writer and friend of Henry James.
The letter is begun on March 11, 1905 from "The Grey House, Winnetka, / Ill." and is completed on March 16, 1905 from the "University Club, Chicago."
The letter is begun on March 11, 1905 from "The Grey House, Winnetka, / Ill." and is completed on March 16, 1905 from the "University Club, Chicago."
Summary
Describing the details of his travels in the United States since his stay with her in Palm Beach including his visit to Boston where he "gave myself up for 4 or 5 days to the dental drill, & other refinements of torture - after which I broke away, & straight for St. Louis, a dark monotony of pilgrimage, sustained only by the sense of descending again into relatively blander air;" providing his impressions of St. Louis, "I quite liked that great grey Missouri metropolis - which isn't at all hustling & bristling like this terrific place, but as languid & dreamy as the possession of coal, smoke & sky scrapers will permit;" and Chicago, "it's an experience of really quite colossal amicability & affectionateness", and explaining his plans to continue on to Indianapolis, Los Angeles and Seattle before returning to New York; reminding her that he hopes to have dinner with her in New York in May.
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