EDWIN ARNOLD - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED - HFSID 273095
Price: $460.00
EDWIN ARNOLD
The British author, who shuns personal publicity, declines a request
for an interview
ALS: "Edwin Arnold", 1p, 5x8. No place, no year, September
29. To unknown recipient. Begins: "Dear Sir". In full:
"I am flattered by your note & its proposal - but there is nothing I
shun so much as personal publicity. I believe I am about the only living person
who has never been photographed! So you must not think me [illegible]
if I decline to be interviewed, even with [illegible] &
friendly objects as you name. On other ground I am always glad to see you. Yrs
ever faithfully". Edwin Arnold (1832-1904) was a British educator,
journalist and author best known for transmitting the literature and ideas of
India to the West. He wrote a life of Gautama Buddha (The Light of
Asia, 1879) and translated the Bhagavid Gita into English.
Arnold, who also wrote the popular love poem "Destiny", was also the
editor of London's "Daily Telegraph", which funded Stanley's search for David
Livingstone in Africa and Sir Harry Johnson's exploration of Kilimanjaro in
1884. Lightly creased with folds, not at signature. Slightly soiled, stray ink
marks at blank areas. Mounting remnants on verso (light show through at upper
blank margin, which has three sets of pinholes. Otherwise, fine
condition.
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