BIB_ID
296094
Accession number
MA 2534.7
Creator
Hearn, Lafcadio, 1850-1904.
Display Date
[1876].
Credit line
Gift of Ralph Walker, 1967.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 21.8 cm
Notes
Dating: See Letters from the Raven.
Part of a collection of correspondence between Lafcadio Hearn, Ellen Freeman, and Henry Watkin. Letters are described in individual catalog records; see collection level record for more information.
Written on Cincinnati Commercial stationery.
Part of a collection of correspondence between Lafcadio Hearn, Ellen Freeman, and Henry Watkin. Letters are described in individual catalog records; see collection level record for more information.
Written on Cincinnati Commercial stationery.
Provenance
Gift of Ralph Walker, 1967.
Summary
Regretting that he was not at home when she and Mr. Freeman called. Discussing his manner, apologizing for seeming to be diffident and cold, and discussing his feelings of awkwardness, noting that "we all wear masks in this great Carnival of mummery of life." Wishing that he "could be less strained and conventional in company." Stating that he will do no more steeple-climbing.
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