BIB_ID
448627
Accession number
MA 14551.22
Creator
Gray, John, 1866-1934, sender.
Display Date
London, 1893 September 5
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (3 pages) ; 18.8 x 12.1 cm + envelope
Notes
Envelope addressed to "Prière de faire suivre / a Monsieur Pierre Louÿs / rue Vineuse 49 / Passy / Paris."
Envelope postmarked and stamped.
At top of sheet: blue ink stamp of Foreign Office seal.
Letter addressed to "Mon Pierrot".
Letter is signed "Serrements / Jeanot".
Envelope flap embossed with Foreign Office seal.
Envelope postmarked and stamped.
At top of sheet: blue ink stamp of Foreign Office seal.
Letter addressed to "Mon Pierrot".
Letter is signed "Serrements / Jeanot".
Envelope flap embossed with Foreign Office seal.
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Notifying Louÿs that an article from William Sharp about a Belgian journal has been published and that Louÿs has been incorrectly identified as a Flemish person because of the ÿ in his last name; updating Louÿs about his time in Weybridge, which included punting lessons and time spent with a beautiful woman who has a frequently absent husband (" ... à belle femme veuve d'herbe comme disent les anglais grass widow ... ").
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