BIB_ID
381131
Accession number
MA 5460
Creator
James, Henry, 1843-1916.
Display Date
1915 Feb. 6.
Credit line
Gift of the Family of Carter Burden.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 22.7 cm
Notes
Mrs. Lowndes was the sister of Hilaire Belloc and a novelist best known for The Lodger.
Written on stationery engraved "21, Carlyle Mansions, / Cheyne Walk. S.W." and "2417 Kensington."
Written on stationery engraved "21, Carlyle Mansions, / Cheyne Walk. S.W." and "2417 Kensington."
Provenance
The Carter Burden Collection of American Literature.
Summary
Inviting her to lunch on Friday or Saturday, February 12th or 13th; saying "Let me make you on my side a declaration - & say that declaration for declaration & with all respects for the beauty of yours, by which I am infinitely touched, I think mine is the more absolutely practical & explicit. It is to the effect then that it will give me the greatest pleasure if you are able to lunch with me..."
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