BIB_ID
456103
Accession number
MA 14714.1
Creator
Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946, sender.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (4 pages) : illustrations ; 17.8 x 11.2 cm
Notes
Written on printed letterhead stationery from: Lynton, / Maybury Road, / Woking.
Letter illustrated by Wells with two humorous sketches (or "picshuas" as he called them); one showing a figure at a desk with rain visible through a window, and another of a figure making his way down a sidewalk in the rain, holding an umbrella and splashing through puddles and carrying a sack of "Indian corn" (a reference to the Watson's chickens and the inconvenience of feeding poultry in the rain).
Letter illustrated by Wells with two humorous sketches (or "picshuas" as he called them); one showing a figure at a desk with rain visible through a window, and another of a figure making his way down a sidewalk in the rain, holding an umbrella and splashing through puddles and carrying a sack of "Indian corn" (a reference to the Watson's chickens and the inconvenience of feeding poultry in the rain).
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Complaining about the rainy weather and making amused references to the Watson's chickens and their "confounded garden" which "is no earthly paradise to you this weather & your vaunted cocks & hens & things likewise almost a curse on account of feeding", and adding "Thank Heavens I've got no animals"; noting that he has not yet seen "Dick Ryder" (i.e. Watson's novel "Galloping Dick") but that he has seen in the Chronicle that the book is out, asking how Watson preserves his copyrights in America and complaining that "Heres me writing story after story and losing American rights every go.".
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