BIB_ID
128844
Accession number
MA 3696
Creator
Balfour, Betty, Lady, 1867-1942.
Display Date
[1904?].
Credit line
Gift of Frederick Melhado, 1980.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 22.6 x 17.7 cm
Notes
Written "On the train going back to Whitt."
A note in an earlier record indicates it is possible this letter was written to Mrs. Earle.
It is likely the year of writing was 1904, or possibly 1905 with the references to Anthony Hope's book and Miss Lawless' book, both of which were published in 1904.
A note in an earlier record indicates it is possible this letter was written to Mrs. Earle.
It is likely the year of writing was 1904, or possibly 1905 with the references to Anthony Hope's book and Miss Lawless' book, both of which were published in 1904.
Provenance
Gift of Frederick Melhado, 1980.
Summary
Commenting on a letter by Blunt (likely Wilfrid Blunt) of literary criticism; saying "The criticism has much truth in it - but I wonder a little if he would care for any subject not directly concerned with human passion - Would he enormously care for Milton's poems-;" commenting on specific poems by her father saying "I think for the General public King Poppy also fails as a subject....Ch[ronicles] & Ch[aracters] vary - The 2nd rate Sensitive Poet is a very interesting subject and so is the Botanists Grave - & this last certainly one of the best he ever wrote - & Licinius is magnificent;" relating news of her visit to Leeds and a speech she gave saying "I made a tiny speech & hated it - my knees shook under me & my voice sounded harsh & strange - I said what i wanted to say without writing anything down, & people were of course kind & civil - but I quite convinced myself I hold no talent for the thing;" asking if she has read "Anthony Hope's Double Harness - If not please do. It is one of the cleverest novels I have ever read in English & deeply interesting - I should like to know your opinion about it - & Lull's(?) - Miss Lawless' little life of Maria Edgeworth is also quite delightful;" adding, in a postscript, brief comments on members of Parliament.
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