BIB_ID
440929
Accession number
MA 13112.11
Creator
Benson, Arthur Christopher, 1862-1925, sender.
Display Date
Tetbury, England, 1913 April 6
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (3 pages) ; 17.7 x 11.4 cm
Notes
Written on printed letterhead stationery reading: Hunters Hall, / Kingscote, / Tetbury, Glos.
Margaret Benson's collection of short stories, The court of the King, was published by T. Fisher Unwin in 1913.
Forms part of a collection chiefly composed of letters received from friends and associates of the English publisher Thomas Balston (1883-1967); see: MA 13112.
Margaret Benson's collection of short stories, The court of the King, was published by T. Fisher Unwin in 1913.
Forms part of a collection chiefly composed of letters received from friends and associates of the English publisher Thomas Balston (1883-1967); see: MA 13112.
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Thanking him for a letter and informing him that he has written his sister (Margaret Benson) about the title (of her collection of short stories); expressing his gratitude to Balston for the trouble he has taken to see the book published and hoping it will repay him for his effort; further expressing his gratitude for the interest and sympathy Balston has shown Benson, and writing of his concern for his sister's health, adding that she can be difficult when she is unwell, "But it is generally all right when we can talk it over with her, & she improves steadily."
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