BIB_ID
296088
Accession number
MA 2533.6
Creator
Hearn, Lafcadio, 1850-1904.
Display Date
[1889].
Credit line
Gift of Ralph Walker, 1967.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 21.3 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of letters written by or to Lafcadio Hearn. Items in the collection are described in individual records (MA 2533.1-22).
The year of the letter is based on Hearn's comment that his Chita is coming out in book form; Chita appeared in Harper's in 1888 and in book form in 1889.
The year of the letter is based on Hearn's comment that his Chita is coming out in book form; Chita appeared in Harper's in 1888 and in book form in 1889.
Provenance
Ralph Walker.
Summary
Discussing the influence of "tropic nature" on "one's being"; praising her courage "under the most trying circumstances which it is possible for a woman to be placed in"; noting that he has been back from Martinique for nearly four weeks; saying that he is "busy getting out a book of tropical sketches"; reporting that "Chita is coming out in book form."
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