BIB_ID
287650
Accession number
MA 3150.58
Creator
Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889.
Display Date
1860 Sept. 12-13.
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1970.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 20.1 cm + envelope
Notes
Part of a collection of 117 letters from Wilkie Collins to his mother, Harriet Collins. Items in the collection are described in individual records (MA 3150.1-117).
With postmark.
Written on stationery with "12. Harley Street, W." printed at the top.
With postmark.
Written on stationery with "12. Harley Street, W." printed at the top.
Summary
Telling her of the success of The woman in white; noting that his publisher, Sampson Low, is talking of additional editions; giving his travel plans. The letter mentions Edward Pigott, [Richard] Monckton Milnes, and [Giuseppe] Garibaldi. A note on p. 1 dated "Thursday" refers to the suicide of "poor George Thompson" near Melbourne.
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