BIB_ID
430170
Accession number
MA 8020.19
Creator
Henley, William Ernest, 1849-1903.
Display Date
Worthing, England, 1901 December 19.
Credit line
Purchased as the gift of Edwin J. Beinecke, 1955.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 8.9 x 11.4 cm
Notes
Written from "St. George's Lodge, / Chesswood Road, / Worthing" on a note card engraved with the address.
Provenance
Purchased as the gift of Edwin J. Beinecke, 1955.
Summary
Saying he has an "idle" copy of Cowden Clarke "Concordance" to Shakespeare and adding "I say 'idle' because the print's so small that I can't use it. Otherwise it would not have been forgotten so long. Anyway, I turned it up at 'Pick' & 'Pickle' & 'Pickthank' & Pickpurse'; and as I think we should never fail to quote Shakespeare when we can, I straightway had it packed & parcel-posted to you. I hope it will reach you in time for all these words...I approve generally, of this morning's batch; but in re 'Pettifogger'; doesn't your new article go too deep into derivations? We don't explain, you know : we only translate & classify;" asking him to look up a reference in "Tristam Shandy" when he is next in the British Museum.
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