Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946

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Photocopy of the original letter.

Nesbit signed the letter "Ernest," apparently a nickname.

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Photocopy of the original letter.

Researcher notation in the margin indicates that this was written before 1905-10-21.

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"Dear Mrs Moore I might [?] have written to you before thanking you for the gift of "E. Nesbit." I am awfully glad to have it with your inscription. I was waiting to see how the reviews behaved on it. I have seen several [putts?] good return..."

Scope and Contents "Dear H.G. Clifford came home the other night and thrust a page of "The Tatler" under my nose, saying "There's H.G. for you!" And it really was! You cannot imagine how glad I was to see him again. Orpen is awfully clever. He has put down all that is essentially you, and nobody ever did that before. They put the unessential and obvious. But this is the real H.G., the H.G. who writes unforgettable, and darling things, the H.G. one loves, and always love, and couldn't misunderstand. This was...

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"Dear HG I shall welcome any work you can send me and the sooner I can do it the better. I'm sorry about the manuscript. It would have taken more than an hour to read and I wouldn't have suggested it if I hadn't thought there was a good chance of you rather liking it..."

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Exchange regarding permission to quote from a Joyce letter to Wells.

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Written by Wells's secretary on his behalf.

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"Dear Madam, I have to acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 20th inst., to Mr H.G. Wells and to inform you that Mr Wells is abroad. He will probably return to London in two or three weeks time when your letter will be placed before him..."