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Letter from J. M. Barrie, London, to W. E. Henley, 1901 April 22 : autograph manuscript signed with initials.

BIB_ID
430387
Accession number
MA 1617.29
Creator
Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew), 1860-1937.
Display Date
London, England, 1901 April 22.
Credit line
Purchased as the gift of Edwin J. Beinecke, 1955.
Description
1 item (3 pages) ; 18.0 x 11.3 cm
Notes
This letter is one of 45 letters from J. M. Barrie to W. E. Henley (MA 1617.11-55) and part of large collection of manuscripts and letters written by and to William Ernest Henley.
Written from "133, Gloucester Road / S.W." on stationery engraved with the address.
Provenance
Purchased as the gift of Edwin J. Beinecke, 1955.
Summary
Saying he is sorry to hear Mrs. Henley is not well; saying he will go to the performance of "Beau Austin" and "Macaire" and hopes to get to see him soon; adding "I have just finished a play but books are best & I turn to them with [illegible]. I wish you cd both come to the cottage in summer. I hope Nicholson's picture will be good...I thought your poem on the Queen was a big thing. You are a bit of a King yourself. I feel it more as the years go by and [illegible] the proper kind of king to be."