BIB_ID
287039
Accession number
MA 3151.16
Creator
Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889.
Display Date
Thursday [1859 Oct. 20-27].
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1970.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 18.2 cm
Notes
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).
The "old torment" may be of the ear (Baker's reading) or of the "sac" (reading of Peters), and may refer to the boil first mentioned in MA 3151.14.
Written from 2.a. New Cavendish Street. W. Signed "Ever yours / W.C."
The "old torment" may be of the ear (Baker's reading) or of the "sac" (reading of Peters), and may refer to the boil first mentioned in MA 3151.14.
Written from 2.a. New Cavendish Street. W. Signed "Ever yours / W.C."
Summary
Discussing the sending of two copies of The Queen of Hearts: one to Hachette & Lahure and the second (which had seemingly been lost) to Monsieur Forgues for translation. Requesting Ward inquire at Hachette's London, presumably to help sort out the situation. Mentioning that the "old torment" has kept Collins confined indoors.
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