HALL (THOMAS HENRY HALL) CAINE - AUTOGRAPH NOTE SIGNED 10/27/1904 - HFSID 100105
Price: $260.00
HALL CAINE. ANS: "Hall Caine" at lower margin of telegram,
1p, 8½x5½, affixed to slightly larger sheet (two surfaces). London, 1904
October 27. In full: "I pray God that our righteous demand for Justice
may never be allowed to degenerate into Revenge". On "Post Office
Telegraphs" form. Hall's message in unknown hand in pencil, in full:
"Reply Pd 48 wds Hall Caine National Club Str Will. You as leader of National
thought send message to Nation at this grave crisis Editor Daily Mirror London".
Newspaper clippings on verso (dated August 29, 1905) relate to Caine's new
play, Prodigal Son. The clippings are from the "New York Press" and
the "Philadelphia Public Ledger". The Prodigal Son, a play based on
Caine's 1904 novel, was first performed on November 4, 1904. A revised version
of the play was published in 1905. English novelist Sir Thomas Henry Hall
Caine (1853-1931) was one of Great Britain's most read authors between
1893-1930. Caine, who had begun his literary career by writing articles for
trade journals, magazines and newspapers, was further inspired when he became
Secretary to and friend of poet Dante Gabriel Rossetti, whom he
remembered in his 1882 work, Recollections of Rossetti. Caine published
his first novel, The Shadow of a Crime, in 1885, and this was
quickly followed by A Son of Hagar (1886) and The Deemster (1887).
Caine's other works, many of which featured Biblical themes, include
The Bondman and The Scapegoat (both 1890), Cap'n Davey's
Honeymoon (1893), The Manxman (1894, his first big commercial
success), The Christian (1897, which sold 650,000 copies),
The Eternal City (1901, over a million copies sold worldwide) and
The Prodigal Son (1904, novel and play). Caine, who edited
King Albert's Book during WWI (the proceeds went to help Belgian
refugees), published his last full-length novel in 1921 to devote himself to
his life's work, a Life of Christ, which he had researched during
several visits to Palestine and Transjordania. The book was published
posthumously by his sons in 1938, twenty years after Caine had been
knighted on the recommendation of Prime Minister Lloyd George. Lightly
creased with folds. Tape strips on telegram touch six words of Caine's writing.
Pencil notes (unknown hand) at lower left margin. Slightly soiled and front and
verso. Chipped at left edge. Overall, fine condition.
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