Autograph letters signed (3) : Venice, London, and Lamb House, Rye, to Mrs. George Washburn Smalley, [n.d.], 1895 Nov. 15, and 1899 Feb. 22.

Record ID: 
193450
Accession number: 
MA 4977 (1-4)
Author: 
James, Henry, 1843-1916.
Credit: 
Gift; Mrs. Walker Cain; 1995.
Description: 
3 items (8 p.; 4 p.; 22 p.)
Summary: 

Sending greetings from Venice and speculating about when he will return to London (item 1); thanking her for a gift (item 2); gossiping about guests at "the George Lewises New Year's Eve orgie," describing life at Lamb House, mentioning Alma-Tadema, George DuMaurier, and others, and giving news of London theater people (item 3).

Provenance: 
Mrs. Walker Cain.