Symons. Letter to "Dear Mr Lane.", June 28, [between 1889 and 1890]
Scope and Contents
Three good months in Paris. Have you and Mr Mathews looked at the Villiers translation? Friends of Villiers in Paris are interested. How is the Meredith bibliography? Cosmo Monkhouse; Strang's exhibition. Bought Meredith presentation copies in Paris. Do you know a bookdealer to buy my surplus books?
Place: 1 Chandos Road, Buckingham.
John Lane (1854-1925) and Elkin Mathews were associated as publishers 1887-1894. Lane's Meredith and his Reviewers appeared... in 1890 and 1900. Symons first visited France in 1889. (DNB, BM) Letter marked in pencil "1890." 3 pages (1 piece), signed.
Dates
- Creation: June 28, [between 1889 and 1890]
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Found in O'Hegarty's copy of vol. 1 of Symons' Poems, 1902 (0-1207). Marked in pencil "Meredith etc"; in blue pencil "C"; passage on buying Meredith editions marked in blue pencil.
Repository Details
Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository