Prolific British novelist (1856–1925) best known for such adventure fare as King Solomon’s Mines and Allan Quatermain. ALS, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, Ditchingham House letterhead, July 26, 1894. Letter to “Beaufort.” In part: “It is exceedingly kind of you to have sent me the album which I have received quite safely and will return tomorrow or in a few days. The photos are very interesting and that of the late lamented Chinaman is quite artistic in its ordered confusion. It has produced a marked effect upon a young lady to whom I have just shewn it! It is rather difficult to write a yarn about a country you have never seen, but I am having a try at it. The job would be far easier were the scene laid in some land of fancy unknown to the Geographical Society. No I haunt the Bar no more. I wonder how many people of the number who take to that walk of life earn a living out of it.” In very good condition, with scattered toning, soiling, and creases, and mounting remnants to the upper border of the final page above the signature, and a trivial pencil notation to the top of the first page. RRAuction COA.
