William Ernest Henley letters and related materials, 1886-1902.

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William Ernest Henley letters and related materials, 1886-1902.

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The collection consists of eight items: letter to Archer, 18 March 1886, beginning,. "Who the deuce is Bernard Shaw?" going on to praise his writing and arranging to meet; letter to Dear Mr. Martin, 15 October 1891, on National Observer letterhead, about his Lyra Heroica, and relating that he is seldom in town now, accompanied by untitled poem, two eight-line stanzas, with some corrections, which appears to be an ode in honor of someone or some ideal; letter to My dear Mrs. Lynn Linton, 19 May 1898, about something she is writing, with some personal news; two letters to My dear Sydney, 29 Aug. 1899 and 18 Nov. 1902, with comments about mutual friends and writers, including W.D. Howells, whom he terms a "sickening ass"; card to Dear Grant (?) Richards, 2 Jan. 1902, about the Shakespeare folio subscription and other literary matters; also, four-page leaflet poem, I.M. Reginae dilectissimae Victoriae, published 1 Feb, 1901, in honor of Queen Victoria upon her death.

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