BIB_ID
298707
Accession number
MA 7645.5
Creator
Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset), 1874-1965.
Display Date
undated [ca. 1931?].
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 21.5 cm
Notes
Dealer description suggests that this letter dates to ca. 1931.
Part of a collection of five autograph letters signed and five photographs of W. Somerset Maugham (MA 7645.1-10); see collection-level record for more information.
Written on stationery embossed with "Barberrys / Oyster Bay / New York," but this heading has been canceled by Maugham.
Part of a collection of five autograph letters signed and five photographs of W. Somerset Maugham (MA 7645.1-10); see collection-level record for more information.
Written on stationery embossed with "Barberrys / Oyster Bay / New York," but this heading has been canceled by Maugham.
Provenance
Purchased by Gordon N. Ray from the dealer G. F. Sims.
Summary
Noting that he is "here for a week-end" and discussing the vastness of the America. Mentioning that he doesn't think there is anything he can do to help with the "propaganda work" here, and suggesting that "you could not with indifferent health traipse about the country delivering speeches." Stating that Ainslie is already doing a useful job and that "it is very important to get the Americans to understand that we are really very decent & likable people." Praising Ainslie's poems.
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