HOWELLS WILLIAM DEAN Autograph Letter Signed WD Howells

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HOWELLS, WILLIAM DEAN. Autograph Letter Signed, "W.D. Howells," to an admirer ("Miss Martin"), regarding characters in his books about whom she has asked. 2 pages, small 8vo, written on the first and terminal pages of a single folded sheet. New York, 23 May 1902

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A charming and flirtatious letter: "Your praise of Lion's Head sent me to it. . . . I always thought it one of my better books, and now I think so more than ever. . . . I like Jeff, Dougie & Bessie Lynde, and I have a soft spot in my heart for Alan Lynde. If you should sometime read The Kentons . . . I hope Boyce Kenton will amuse you, and Lottie, if you are of the wicked taste in such things. . . . But I must not try to make interest for my book with a young lady who tells me she already has my scalp laid away."