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Letter from H.G. Wells, Worcester Park, England, to H.B. Marriott Watson, 1898? : autograph manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
456102
Accession number
MA 14714.3
Creator
Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946, sender.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 17.8 x 11.2 cm
Notes
Written on embossed letterhead stationery from: Heatherlea, / Worcester Park, / Surrey.
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Referring to Watson's collection of stories (i.e. "The heart of Miranda and other stories") as "a god-send", as he has been confined to his bed owing to a "punch I had in the kidney some years ago" which "has not healed so completely as it seemed"; writing tht he liked "The stone chamber" particularly, along with "the Dead Wall & the young couple at Southampton", adding "I like you best when you are bold & bloody so that I was not so greatly pleased by the Heart of Miranda. And the last story was no manner of pleasure to a man sick in bed. Don't you mind these comments too much -- it is only the kidney in criticism."