BIB_ID
287026
Accession number
MA 3151.12
Creator
Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889.
Display Date
1859 Aug. 7.
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1970.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 18.2 cm
Notes
Mr. Holsworth is George Holsworth of the Household Words office.--Cf. Baker and Clarke, 175.
Part of a collection of 86 letters from Wilkie Collins to Charles Ward. Items in this collection are described in individual records (MA 3151.1-86).
Written from Church Hill Cottage. Signed "Ever yours W.C."
Part of a collection of 86 letters from Wilkie Collins to Charles Ward. Items in this collection are described in individual records (MA 3151.1-86).
Written from Church Hill Cottage. Signed "Ever yours W.C."
Summary
Expressing regret that Ward is unable to visit Collins in Broadstairs, and pressing him to come for the weekend. Enclosing a note to Mr. Holsworth, concerning Collins' salary. Also enclosing a letter about his new book (i.e., The Woman in White) to Bernardt Tauchnitz, asking Ward to correct his spelling and to send the letter to Tauchnitz in "Leipsig ... or is it Leipzic, or Leipsig, or how the devil is it spelt?" Sending regards from Caroline [Graves].
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