BIB_ID
104273
Accession number
MA 1617.604
Creator
Henley, William Ernest, 1849-1903.
Display Date
Edinburgh, Scotland, 1875 March 14-April 5.
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Purchased as the gift of Edwin J. Beinecke, 1955.
Description
1 item (10 pages) ; 25.9 x 20.6 cm
Notes
The place of writing is not provided however Henley writes to Robert Louis Stevenson on April 15, 1875 from the "Surgical Ward 4 Private, Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh" and in that letter tells Stevenson that he has just completed all the tobacco songs.
With penciled marks and comments in the hand of Robert Louis Stevenson.
X is published in "A Book of Verses" (1888) p. 163; IV, VI, and X in Henley's "Works" (1908), II, 221-3.
Ten poems, nine of which are dated from March 14, 1875 - April 5, 1875 and are titled : I. Laus Tibe; II. Ex Cathedra; III. Dans La Rue; IV. Inter Soldales; V. Cigarro; VI. My Pipe; VII. Dhudeen; VIII. Papelito; IX. Caprice; X. "Pipe of my Soul, our perfumed reverie".
With penciled marks and comments in the hand of Robert Louis Stevenson.
X is published in "A Book of Verses" (1888) p. 163; IV, VI, and X in Henley's "Works" (1908), II, 221-3.
Ten poems, nine of which are dated from March 14, 1875 - April 5, 1875 and are titled : I. Laus Tibe; II. Ex Cathedra; III. Dans La Rue; IV. Inter Soldales; V. Cigarro; VI. My Pipe; VII. Dhudeen; VIII. Papelito; IX. Caprice; X. "Pipe of my Soul, our perfumed reverie".
Provenance
Purchased as the gift of Edwin J. Beinecke, 1955.
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