Author: Watts-Dunton, Theodore.

Format: Autograph letter signed in ink, dated “Ap. 3 /86”, 2pp over one folded sheet, 18 x 11.4cm.

Text includes “The Pines, Putney Hill. My dear Sir, Mr Shepherd has mentioned to me your suggestion about reprinting some of my scattered articles. As I hope to have the pleasure of calling upon you one day this week we shall have an opportunity of discussing this matter…Yours truly, Theodore Watts.”

Theodore Watts-Dunton (British, 1832–1914) was a critic, novelist and poet, “and was the chief poetry reviewer of the Athenaeum where he enjoyed a great (anonymous) reputation from 1876 to 1902.” He made study of the Roma (Gypsy) people, and is remembered for caring for poet Algernon Charles Swinburne after a collapse from alcoholism. Ref: NPG UK.

A photoengraved portrait of Watts-Dunton is included.

Old folds, tears to edges.