BIB_ID
408293
Accession number
MA 9176.46
Creator
Sprigge, S. Squire (Samuel Squire), 1860-1937.
Display Date
[1890] September 23.
Credit line
Gift of Jane Stedman, 1972.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 20.3 x 12.8 cm
Notes
Written on the letterhead of the "Incorporated Society of Authors, / 4, Portugal Street, / Lincoln's Inn Fields, / W.C." on which Lord Tennyson is listed as President, Walter Besant as Chairman and Mr. Sprigge as Secretary.
The year of writing is not given but it appears to precede a letter from Mr. Sprigge dated November 5, 1890 (MA 9176.10).
The year of writing is not given but it appears to precede a letter from Mr. Sprigge dated November 5, 1890 (MA 9176.10).
Provenance
Gift of Jane Stedman, 1972.
Summary
Informing her that he has "...shown your cuttings to Mr. Besant, & he has sent them with a note of introduction to Messrs. Chatto & Windus. He told me to tell you two things: (1 That he thought them very good, (2 That you were not to count upon such an introduction as likely to effect anything."
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