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Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Autograph letter signed : Paris, to his mother, Harriet Collins, 1858 Nov. 20.

BIB_ID
101655
Accession number
MA 3153.2
Creator
Collins, Charles Allston, 1828-1873.
Display Date
1858 Nov. 20.
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1970.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 21.3 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of 52 letters from Charles Allston Collins to his mother, Harriet Collins. Items in the collection are described in individual records (MA 3153.1-52).
Written from Hotel du Helder.
Summary
Describing his search for lodgings in Paris and a room he is thinking about taking; noting that Parisian cooking "makes one feel anything but comfortable afterwards," especially since "the waiters are thunderstruck when you leave off after two or three dishes"; expressing surprise that his brother, Wilkie Collins, doesn't spend more time in Paris because "every one of his tastes would be gratified here."