Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Autograph letter signed : Menton, to his brother Wilkie Collins, 1863 Dec. 9.

BIB_ID
287270
Accession number
MA 3152.7
Creator
Collins, Charles Allston, 1828-1873.
Display Date
1863 Dec. 9.
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1970.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 20.8 cm
Notes
Written from the Hotel d'Angleterre. Signed "always your affectionate CC."
Summary
Describing Menton, noting that the trip has done him good: that he can "walk three miles and [has] scarcely ever a pain in [his] head." Complaining about the food, noting that "the mutton is intolerable," and noting that it is difficult to sleep and that "everything here is very melancholy." Encouraging Wilkie in his work.