BIB_ID
382330
Accession number
MA 6091.1
Creator
James, Henry, 1843-1916.
Display Date
1896 Feb. 24.
Credit line
Gift of the Family of Carter Burden.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 17.6 cm + envelope
Notes
Envelope addressed to "Clement Shorter Esq. / The Illustrated London / News. / 198 Strand. W.C."
Envelope with postmark and stamp.
On stationery embossed with "34, De Vere Gardens. / W."
Part of a collection of eight letters from Henry James to Clement Shorter. Letters are described in individual records; see MA 6091 for more information.
Envelope with postmark and stamp.
On stationery embossed with "34, De Vere Gardens. / W."
Part of a collection of eight letters from Henry James to Clement Shorter. Letters are described in individual records; see MA 6091 for more information.
Provenance
Bookplate of Clement K. Shorter; inscribed to Leon Edel by Frederica and Harold Landon, 1959; signed by Leon Edel, 1959; The Carter Burden Collection of American Literature.
Summary
Telling him that he would "be very glad" to write a story "to meet [Shorter's] requirement of a 'love-story'"; noting that the sum is "less than [he is] in the habit of receiving"; offering to give him "the English serial rights of the work in question for £300"; asking him to let him know if he "accept[s James'] amendment to [his] terms."
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