BIB_ID
119963
Accession number
MA 1617.464
Creator
Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900.
Display Date
London, England, 1889 July.
Credit line
Purchased as the gift of Edwin J. Beinecke, 1955.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 17.8 x 11.3 cm
Notes
Written from "16, Tite Street, / Chelsea, S.W." on the engraved stationery of the "Lyric Club / Piccadilly East, W."
Date of writing from published letter cited below.
Henley was the editor of the Scots Observer from 1889-1891 and continued as editor from 1891-1893 when the Observer moved to London and became the National Observer.
Date of writing from published letter cited below.
Henley was the editor of the Scots Observer from 1889-1891 and continued as editor from 1891-1893 when the Observer moved to London and became the National Observer.
Provenance
Purchased as the gift of Edwin J. Beinecke, 1955.
Summary
Saying "To be exiled to Scotland to edit a Tory paper in the wilderness is bad enough, but not to see the wonder and beauty of my discovery of the real Mr. W. H. is absolutely dreadful. I sympathise deeply with you - and can only beg you to return to London where you will be able to appreciate a real work of art - The Philistines in their vilest forms have seized on you - I am so disappointed. Still, when you return you will be welcome - all is not lost. / Ever yours / Oscar."
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