Autograph letters signed (x 2).

English actor-manager (1844-1921), knighted in 1907. The first, to [?] Burgess, 25 November 1895, on letterhead of the Hôtel Métropole, 2 pp, 8vo. He thanks him for a letter which "my wife & I prize very highly", and says he is sorry that his correspondent will not be able to be present. The second, to "Sir Philip", 27 November 1903, with letterhead 75 Upper Berkeley Street, Portman Square, one page, 8vo. "Nothing will give me greater pleasure than to serve on the reception committee, & to be present at the dinner to be given to the "Painters for the Theatre." It is indeed a happy thought & wherever originated it is to be warmly congratulated." Two items,