BIB_ID
295984
Accession number
MA 2532.7
Creator
Hearn, Lafcadio, 1850-1904.
Display Date
1899 Feb. 12.
Credit line
Gift of Ralph Walker, 1967.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 20.3 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of 15 letters from Lafcadio Hearn to the J. P. Stetson Co. representative Emil Gullman. Letters are described individually in 15 catalog records (MA 2532.1-15); see collection level record for more information.
Provenance
Gift of Ralph Walker, 1967.
Summary
Discussing Gullman's travels to Manila and Singapore, hoping that he was not in Manila for the recent "sharp explosion." Dreaming of traveling to the places that Gullman visits and of writing a book about Manila, but noting that at present he has "too tight a hold on the reading public to make the results of the time and travel pay for themselves." Discussing the weather and mentioning the missionary Dr. Davis and Professor Foxwell.
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