Letter to Kersley, page 1
Autograph letter signed, dated London, to George Kersley, postmarked 1888 June 15. 3 p., with envelope
Gift of Lucia Moreira Salles, 2008
Page 1
16, Tite Street,
Chelsea. S.W.
Dear Mr Kersley,
I am very pleased that you like my stories—they are studies in prose, put for Romance's sake into a fanciful form: meant partly for children, and partly for those who
Letter to Kersley, pages 2–3
Autograph letter signed, dated London, to George Kersley, postmarked 1888 June 15. 3 p., with envelope
Gift of Lucia Moreira Salles, 2008
Pages 2–3
have kept the childlike faculties of wonder and joy, and who find in simplicity a subtle strangeness.
If you come to tea some Wednesday about 5.30 o[']c[lock]. I will be charmed to write your name in the book.
I hope your painting is going on all right.
Truly yours
Oscar Wilde
[envelope]
George Herbert Kersley Esq.
16 Honor Road
West Kensington