Watts-Dunton, Theodore. Autograph letter signed from Theodore Watts-Dunton, London, to George F. Rapkin

Folger bibliographic ID: 227089
Folger call number: Y.c.6362
Folger holdings ID: 258661
Accession Number: cs1947

Watts-Dunton writes in response to a request for Christmas poetry. He also refers to a "well known portrait of Shakespeare on the folio of 1623." On letterhead from The Pine, Putney Hill, S.W. Addressed to Geo. F. Rapkin. With a manuscript poem, "Christmas Eve at the Mermaid Tavern," before publication (5 leaves). First line: Christmas hath one favourite place. Possibly an early draft of Christmas at the mermaid, a substantially different poem published in 1897

General notes

Bifolium Halliday, No. 126 in Cat. 111, 1929

Extended title: Autograph letter signed from Theodore Watts-Dunton, London, to George F. Rapkin 1894 November 20
Alternate titles: Christmas hath one favourite place

Watts-Dunton, Theodore, 1832-1914 Rapkin, George F., active 1894

correspondent: Watts-Dunton, Theodore, 1832-1914
subject: Watts-Dunton, Theodore, 1832-1914
subject: Rapkin, George F., active 1894
correspondent: Rapkin, George F., active 1894