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Record 32 of 71
System Number: 09491
Date: [1 July 1890][1]
Author: JW
Place: London
Recipient: Herbert Vivian[2]
Place: [London]
Repository: William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
Document Type: ALS
21, CHEYNE WALK,[3]
CHELSEA.
Dear Mr Vivian -
I cannot get out -
Will you come down here tomorrow afternoon at about 5 or 6 o'clock? -
Bring with you the Words of Welcome -
The proof of [p. 2] the whines of the Wounded is capital! -
Have you seen Oscar's[4] letters in last night's St James'[5] - also the terrible critique upon his book[6] in the St James' of Tuesday or Wednesday? -
I'm in a shocking hurry! -
[butterfly signature]
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Notes:
1. [1 July 1890]
Dated by reference to publication (see below).
2. Herbert Vivian
Herbert Vivian (1865-1940), author, editor of The Whirlwind [more].
3. 21, CHEYNE WALK,
The address header appears side-on in the right margin.
4. Oscar's
Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wilde (1854-1900), writer, critic and playwright [more].
5. St James'
St James's Gazette, 30 June 1890 (see #05995).
6. book
Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray (London, 1890), was attacked in 'A Study in Puppydom', St James's Gazette, 24 June 1890.