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Letter from Gertrude Bell to her stepmother, Dame Florence Bell

Letter from Gertrude Bell to her stepmother Florence Bell, estimated to have been written in January 1897.

Summary
Brief letter written from London in which Bell discusses a meeting with the publisher William Heinemann regarding the publication of her translated poems by Hafez, noting that her work will be published in the autumn.
Reference code
GB/1/1/1/1/7/1
Recipient
Bell, Dame Florence Eveleen Eleanore
Creator
Bell, Gertrude Margaret Lowthian
Person(s) mentioned
Robins, Elizabeth [Lisa]
Strong, Arthur
Creation Date
-
Extent and medium
1 letter, paper
Language
English
Location
Coordinates

51.5072178, -0.1275862

95 Sloane Street. I saw Heinemann this morning. He was extremely pleasant. I told him a lot about the book and he expressed a desire to see it. So at any rate it will have a reading. He does not propose to publish it till the autumn. We had quite a long talk afterwards about Little E. and Gabriel B. He is an interesting little man, is Heinemann. I shall send him the poems and preface from Berlin. Mr Strong cannot come to town and has not yet finished the preface. I shall tell him to send it and his criticisms to Berlin. At 12 I met Bertha at the New Gallery. The Watts pictures are a vision.
I spent about 2 hours with Tiny whom I found engaged in washing her hair. It was very nice. Mr Jackson has been terribly ill, but is now quite convalescent. When I came in I found the Nawwab and had a long talk about Hafiz with him. He dont know much about Hafiz, he dont! However he pointed out to me one or two good poems which I had not translated.

Lisa has a box at the Avenue tonight. I shall probably go there for a little after dinner Miss Fletcher and Mrs Napier will be there. Goodbye Mother dearest. Ever your affectionate daughter Gertrude

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