BIB_ID
261889
Accession number
MA 6409.5
Creator
Henley, William Ernest, 1849-1903.
Display Date
London, England, 1895 May 15.
Credit line
Gift of Damian Atkinson, 2006.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 17.7 x 11.4 cm
Notes
Farmer and Henley collaborated on a dictionary of Slang published privately for subscribers in seven volumes from 1890-1904.
Written from "9, The Terrace, / Barnes, S.W." on stationery engraved with the address.
This letter is one of a small collection of eight letters from Henley to various recipients written between 1890 and 1897 ( MA 6409.1-8).
Written from "9, The Terrace, / Barnes, S.W." on stationery engraved with the address.
This letter is one of a small collection of eight letters from Henley to various recipients written between 1890 and 1897 ( MA 6409.1-8).
Provenance
Gift of Damian Atkinson, 2006.
Summary
Likely referring to the dictionary of slang on which he collaborated with John Stephen Farmer; saying "I can say no more than that I have proofs in hand to the end of K., & that the book should be ready very soon - comparatively speaking - now."
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