English essayist and caricaturist (1872-1956). Autograph letter signed „Max Beerbohm“. London. 8vo. 2 1/2 pp. Folded and lightly foxed with some very light traces from prior mounting. In fine condition.
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To British editor, translator and journalist Frederic Whyte (1867-1941): „I am much flattered - a fly in amber - What day would suit you? Tuesday? Wednesday? Any day but Thursday you might send me a line. It will be a great pleasure to see you again. I send this to the N.L.C., as you date your letter from there; but I wonder that a graceful literary person like yourself dares pass that threshold in a time of great political upheaval […]“ Whyte was author of Actors of the Century: a Play-Lover’s Gleanings From Theatrical Annals, A Wayfarer in Sweden, and The Life of W.T.
Stead, a biography of the pioneering investigative journalist whose exposé of child prostitution in London inspired George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion. Our letter possibly refers to Whyte’s membership in the National Library Club, a private club in London..