DLA016-0025 Transcription

5th February, 1925.

Dear Mr. Chamberlin

Many thanks for your kind and appreciative letter.^[1] We, too, enjoyed your presence so much and hope it is only the beginning of a long and happy continuation of meetings.

It was most kind of you to let me have the book on Mallorca.^[2] I fear that this time we shall be unable to go there as we have decided to go down to the South of France as my Doctor wants me to play golf, but I hope it is only a Postponement and that our next change will be for a longer period and that I shall be able to come and see you.

If you have time - would you give us the pleasure of a visit to tea at 4.30 on Monday, the 9th.

Your book on Queen Elizabeth^[3] must be a very attractive one and I will enrich my knowledge and my library with it.

Looking forward to seeing you, and with kind regards from us both.

Yours sincerely,

Editorial Note:

Frederick Carleton Chamberlin (1870-1943), American-born writer and historian who resided in Mallorca during the 1920s.

ACW

14/07/2009

[1] See DLA016-0026, letter from Frederick Carleton Chamberlin to de László, 4 February 1925

[2] Chamberlin published a number of books on Mallorca; the book to which he is referring may be Frederick Carleton Chamberlin, Chamberlin's guide to majorca: Official publication of the Fomento del Turismo of Palma, Editorial Augusta, Barcelona, 1925, however, see also DLA016-0102, letter from Frederick Carleton Chamberlin to de László, 25 August 1925, in which he writes about sending the artist “a copy of ‘Chamberlin’s Guide to Majorca.’”

[3] The publication referred to could be either Frederick Carleton Chamberlin, The private character of Queen Elizabeth, London, John Lane, 1921, or The sayings of Queen Elizabeth, London, John Lane, 1923.