BIB_ID
455654
Accession number
MA 23930
Creator
Potter, Beatrix, 1866-1943.
Credit line
Purchased on the Drue Heinz Fund for Twentieth-Century Literature, 2025.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 22.8 x 17.5 cm
Notes
Written from "Sawrey / nr Ambleside."
High reserve.
High reserve.
Provenance
Doris Frohnsdorff Collection of Beatrix Potter (Christie's, New York, April 16, 1997). Purchased from David Brass Rare Books, #06134, April 2025.
Summary
Apologizing for not responding to her letter earlier; saying that she liked hearing about "Puff," because she once had a white rat named Sammy "and there are not many people who like rats except you and me"; describing Sammy's antics; saying "[t]here has been a nest of young owls in our barn this summer" and describing the behavior of the owlets when the old owl brings them mice; adding "I am so sorry you have not been well again, I hope you are feeling better"; wishing Dulcie and Puff a Merry Christmas. Illustrated with sketches of the owlets.
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