BIB_ID
102379
Accession number
MA 23035
Creator
Galsworthy, John, 1867-1933.
Display Date
Littlehampton, England, 1918 January 2.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 26.0 x 20.2 + envelope
Notes
Envelope, engraved on the flap with the return address of "The Beach Hotel, / Littlehampton" and with postage and postmarks to "Hamilton Galsworthy Esq / 21. Courtfield Gardens / South Kensington / London SW" and Galsworthy's autograph under the address "From / John Galsworthy."
Hamilton Galsworthy was John Galsworthy's nephew, the son of Galsworthy's brother Sir Edwin Galsworthy (1831-1920).
Hamilton Galsworthy was John Galsworthy's nephew, the son of Galsworthy's brother Sir Edwin Galsworthy (1831-1920).
Summary
Concerning his reasons for refusing a knighthood; saying "I only had the wire offering the Knighthood at 9.30 pm on New Year's Eve, & my wire refusing was too late; and silence taken for consent - very wrongly, as it seems to me. I can't bear titles for literary people. The pleasure of 'letters' is so great, the rewards are so great. The importance of independence is so great; and 'handles' are so remote & inhuman somehow and do so belong to another world. Until the 'dementi' appeared this morning I felt wretched. When I get back on Jan 12 I'll send you a photo the last taken about 18 months ago."
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