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Letter from Rudyard Kipling, London, to W. E. Henley, 1891 April : autograph manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
431410
Accession number
MA 1617.285
Creator
Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936.
Display Date
London, England, 1891 April.
Credit line
Purchased as the gift of Edwin J. Beinecke, 1955.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 18.0 x 11.5 cm
Notes
This letter is one of eighteen letters from Rudyard Kipling to Henley written between January 1890 and November 1901 (MA 1617.282 - MA 1617.299).
Written from " 101. E[arl's]. C[ourt]. R[oad]."
Date of writing from published letter cited below which dates the letter "late April 1891."
Henley co-authored the play "Admiral Guinea" with Robert Louis Stevenson.
Henley published "Lyra Heroica : A Book of Verse for Boys" in 1891.
Provenance
Purchased as the gift of Edwin J. Beinecke, 1955.
Summary
Saying "Very many thanks for cheque. Hallam wrote to me direct. I have been there calling once last summer, and I suppose they knew my address. / Ruddy / P.S. It ought to be a first class book for the young men. I wish you could send me 'The Admiral." / P.P.S. Gosse asked me to go to Hedda Gabler last Monday. This is why my style is curt and severe at present date of writing."