To Eleanor Selfe, 16 November 1885

ALS to Eleanor Selfe, an otherwise unidentified correspondent, dated [Monday] 16 November 1885. 179x112mm watermarked Light Preserving Paper E&J.

The Public Face of Wilkie Collins IV 132

90, GLOUCESTER PLACE,

PORTMAN SQUARE. W.

London

16th November 1885

Dear Madam,

I am sincerely

sensible of the good

opinion which you

have formed of “The

Fallen Leaves” –

and I only regret

that I cannot

acknowledge the

receipt of your kind

 

letter by a satisfactory

reply. Obstacles of

various kinds, which

I will not trouble you

by mentioning in detail,

have thus far prevented

me from writing the

contemplated sequel

to my story.

 

Believe me faithfully yours

Wilkie Collins

Mrs Eleanor Selfe

  

NOTES

Three other letters to fans who had enquired about the sequel to The Fallen Leaves are known. See to Bower 19 June 1883 (III 414), Saunders 3 December 1885 (IV 137), and Weeks 7 May 1886 (IV 165).

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