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Letter from W. E. Henley, London, to John W. Gilmer, 1898 November 7 : autograph manuscript signed with initials.

BIB_ID
432991
Accession number
MA 23477.2
Creator
Henley, William Ernest, 1849-1903.
Display Date
London, England, 1898 November 7.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 8.8 x 11.3 cm + envelope
Notes
Housed with an additional letter from Henley to Gilmer (MA 23477.1) dated October 30, 1898.
Written from "Stanley Lodge / Muswell Hill, N." on a note card.
Gilmer was the Assistant Editor of the New Review, January 1895 - December 1897 and following that a publisher at Heinemann's and later at the Author's Syndicate.
Envelope with postage and postmarks to "J.W. Gilmer Esq. / 12 Holles Street / W." The envelope is postmarked November 8, 1898.
Summary
Saying "I am - we are - delighted to have so good an account of you. I wish I could flag off a Roland to your Oliver. But Roland has brain-fog stilled. Did I ask you to read one 'A.B.C.D.' in the current "Maga'? If I didn't, I do now. Who the mischief he is - this beats me. I really do not know. Deep down in my mind I suspect - who? Read, & tell me your thought. Also, go on getting well. I am sure you've done the best for yourself you've ever done, since you were born."