BIB_ID
119903
Accession number
MA 1617.448
Creator
Wells, Catherine, 1872-1927.
Display Date
Dunmow, England, 1916 August.
Credit line
Purchased as the gift of Edwin J. Beinecke, 1955.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 22.8 x 17.7 cm
Notes
Written from "Easton Glebe, / Dunmow" on stationery engraved with the address.
The letter is undated however H. G. Wells was sent by the British government to the Italian front in August 1916. His writing from there would become part of "War and the Future : Italy, France and Britain at War" published in London in 1917.
Mrs. Wells signed the letter "Jane."
The letter is undated however H. G. Wells was sent by the British government to the Italian front in August 1916. His writing from there would become part of "War and the Future : Italy, France and Britain at War" published in London in 1917.
Mrs. Wells signed the letter "Jane."
Provenance
Purchased as the gift of Edwin J. Beinecke, 1955.
Summary
Saying "Your box is absolutely wonderful, just wonderful.. There were people here when it came & I just took & undid it in the middle of them & the effect it produced of my being the spoilt darling of Fortune was simply immense. I went up many inches in importance in all their estimations - And seriously it was the loveliest present, & made me so very happy to have it from you. The box will be lovely for hankies long after its contents have vanished - & you made it. We all eat the sweets with much gusto & one visitor has got a toothache through over indulgence, I said. (She sits behind me now & specially wants me to thank you for sending it while she was here.) Did I tell you that H. G. is going to Italian headquarters next week to be shown something of the Italian front. About three weeks of it I expect he will have & he will be melting hot, poor thing. I shall try to get together some snapshots of our house to send you. Do let us know when you are in London again. It would be nice to see you With very very many thanks & love from / Jane;" adding, in a postscript, "I have taken to opening all parcels in the midst of visitors - The next was sausages for breakfast!"
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