Autograph letter : Brantwood, Coniston, to Jane Simon, "Sunday evening" [1887 Dec.].

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Autograph letter : Brantwood, Coniston, to Jane Simon, "Sunday evening" [1887 Dec.].

Discussing Ruskin's health and indicating that he is doing better; saying that the local doctor sees him daily; saying that he was playing the piano in the hotel from half-past one until 4 and then again at half-past 4; adding that Ruskin had written to her husband, Arthur, saying "it was important the world should see he was his friend and not his Keeper;" saying that they will visit him for a week but that "long experience has taught us not to go sooner than is necessary--or we might have terrible scenes and be ordered off at once;" continuing to say "The whole thing is as heartbreaking as it can be--and we never seem to get the least happy before our hopes are dashed and this year's trouble has almost shattered all the nerve I ever had in nursing him."

1 item (4 p.) ; 17.6 cm

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SNAC Resource ID: 8129891

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