BIB_ID
456126
Accession number
MA 14715.5
Creator
Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946, sender.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 8.8 x 11.5 cm
Notes
Written on an embossed letterhead correspondence card which reads "Spade House, / Sandgate"; with London address "6 Clements Inn" written in ink above at top right.
Forms part of a collection of letters addressed by H.G. Wells to the Popham family, his neighbors at Sandgate, including the writer Florence Radford Popham, her husband Arthur Frederick Popham, and their young daughter Doris Popham.
Forms part of a collection of letters addressed by H.G. Wells to the Popham family, his neighbors at Sandgate, including the writer Florence Radford Popham, her husband Arthur Frederick Popham, and their young daughter Doris Popham.
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Assuring her that "Bennett revered your work in the Academy without remembering your name", and that "H.B. Marriott Watson spoke of the book in a general talk about books as one that had caught their (he & his wifes) fancy"; going on to write that she is now "a first class success" and should have no difficulty finding a publisher for her work.
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