[Joseph Paul Christopher Hatton, novelist and journalist.] Autograph Letter Signed ('Joseph Hatton') to the autograph hunter J. T. Baron, discussing two of his works and enclosing a printed publicity flier for Hatton's publications.

Letter: 1p., 12mo. In good condition, on lightly-aged paper. He begins by suggesting that Baron write to 'Mr Payn' (the novelist and editor James Payn) via the Reform Club, Pall Mall. (Baron's method involved asking one celebrity how to contact another.) He next discusses two of his works: '"The Memorial Windows" appeared in the Gentleman's & was published in Pippins & Cheese (Bradbury & Evans) - "The Valley" you will see in enclosed list'. He concludes by thanking Baron for his 'complimentary note'. With envelope addressed to 'J. T. Brown [sic] | 18 Griffin Street, | Witton, | Blackburne [sic]'. The 'enclosed note' referred to by Hatton is a printed publicity flier (2pp., 16mo) by the London publishers Frederick Warne & Co., with one side of the leaf advertising 'The Companion Library' (listing seven of 'Joseph Hatton's Novels'), and the other 'Joseph Hatton's New Novel, The Queen of Bohemia' ('Ready July 1st 1878'). In good condition, on lightly-aged paper.