BIB_ID
103543
Accession number
MA 1617.193
Creator
Head, Hester Beck, 1835-1907.
Display Date
Port Said, Egypt, 1903 January 20.
Credit line
Purchased as the gift of Edwin J. Beinecke, 1955.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 24.2 x 20.2 cm
Notes
Written on the stationery of the "Bibby Line / Bibby Bros. & Co. / S. S. [Warwickshire]." Mrs. Head has written in "Warwickshire."
W.E. and Anna Henley were married January 22, 1878. They were celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary in 1903.
J.M. Barrie wrote "The Little White Bird" which was published in November 1902.
W.E. and Anna Henley were married January 22, 1878. They were celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary in 1903.
J.M. Barrie wrote "The Little White Bird" which was published in November 1902.
Provenance
Purchased as the gift of Edwin J. Beinecke, 1955.
Summary
Saying she will not forget the Henleys on the 22nd and is sorry she cannot deliver her good wishes in person; relating the details of their trip which will take them through the Suez Canal and saying that her husband [Henry Head, 1835-1905) has been suffering from a bad attack of gout; adding that she has been reading "... a good many books - amongst others 'The little white bird' - Sybil Carlisle gave it me - I much enjoy David & Porthos & Mary, but the stories told are almost too indefinite for children to enjoy, & not funny enough for 'grownups' but I only write as the book strikes, I like it, & I have enjoyed reading it;" commenting on the people traveling with them and concluding "I do hope your new flat will suit you in every way - I envy you in London, now it is awakening there is no pleasanter place than London in the early Spring;"
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