son of the musicologist François-Joseph Fétis (1812-1909). Autograph letter signed. London, Covent Garden. 8vo. ½ page on bifolium.
180 €
(92250/BN61281)
To the novelist Miss Jean Middlemass (1833-1919) with a negative but friendly reply: "I am sorry you are too late. I have already made the arrangements for the Xmas number [...]". - Traces of old mounting, especially on the verso. Printed letterhead with embossed vignette of "The World / A Journal for Men and Women".