BIB_ID
431209
Accession number
MA 1617.219
Creator
Jenkin, Anne Austin, -1921.
Display Date
Edinburgh, Scotland, 1881?.
Credit line
Purchased as the gift of Edwin J. Beinecke, 1955.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 17.8 x 11.1 cm
Notes
This letter is one of twenty-nine letters from Anne Jenkin to Henley, most of which are undated, but appear to have been written between 1878-1883.
Written from "3 G't Stuart Street / Edinburgh" on stationery engraved with the address.
The letter is simply dated "Sunday" however Jenken refers to the novel "Sunrise". William Black (1841-1898) published Sunrise in 1881.
Written from "3 G't Stuart Street / Edinburgh" on stationery engraved with the address.
The letter is simply dated "Sunday" however Jenken refers to the novel "Sunrise". William Black (1841-1898) published Sunrise in 1881.
Provenance
Purchased as the gift of Edwin J. Beinecke, 1955.
Summary
Sending a recipe to Mrs. Henley for the mincemeat she served them when they visited; saying she has been worried about her godson but happy that her son Frewen has expressed an interest in being confirmed; commenting on plays and books and asking "So you don't like "Sunrise"? How faithless of you. When we had agreed about so many books of late, that I thought we should now agree always. I am reading aloud some Addison to the boys...There is style! All the leisure of the world sweetly flowing over his page. And I tried to read out a story by 'Ouida" - but the boys struck & would not have it - Write me soon."
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