Autograph letter signed "John !" : London, to John Ruskin, 1888 Feb. 11.

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Autograph letter signed "John !" : London, to John Ruskin, 1888 Feb. 11.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/767652117

Apologizing for missing his birthday; telling him about being approached at a party by a man who "reproached me bitterly for not having managed to get that letter out of you for his paper;" saying that the play [Bootles' Baby] is going well and that the soldier's costumes are being made by good military tailors; saying that the day they signed the agreement with the producer, he told them that it was his [Ruskin's] letter that "clinched the bargain;" adding that the producer asked her if she might be able to have Ruskin attend the opening night and she told him she would not; saying she was only telling him all of this "because it is a pretty compliment to you, isn't it;" asking "Do you know it is a terrible responsibility being a friend of yours. I was always impressed with a desire to do my best--but now every thing I write brings a question with it: 'I wonder if he will like it."

1 item (8 p.) ; 17.9 cm

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8176167

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