KINGSLEY (Mary Henrietta, 1860-1901, Traveller, Ethnologist and Author)

Pair of Autograph Letters Signed to Sydney A. GIMSON (1860-1938, from 1888 President of the Leicester Secular Society) thanking him for his letter and saying that she has "been very nearly dead with acute congestion of the lungs as a complication of influenza, but I am decidedly better today & I hope I shall be able to come on the 27th and will let you know for certain next week ...", 2 sides 8vo., the second saying that she is "making what the Dr calls a remarkable recovery but never having been ill for years I must say I do not feel very excited over my present feeble state ..." she continues about lecturing "of course I cannot think of charging any fee after the nuisance I know I must have been to you. I have also been a nuisance to several other people & I am going next week to try & repair various social damages I have caused commencing with our mutual friend Mr Clodd who had got together a bank of choice spirits for a dinner party to meet me ...", 2 sides 4to., both with original autograph envelopes, 100 Addison Road, Kensington, 22nd and 27th January

The Leicester Secular Society's well-known Rationalist and undogmatic stance, combined with a respect for other traditions, attracted lecturers on Sunday evening from an immense variety of schools of thought, and in turn gave its members a view on all the major topics of the day.

Item Date:  1898

Stock No:  39477      £275

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