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Letter from Richard Le Gallienne, Accession #7851-d , Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.
This collection was purchased by the Library on December 9, 1992.
In this letter, Richard Le Gallienne (1866-1947), Mulberry Cottage, Boston Road, Brentford, writes to "My Dear Johnny" [his publisher, John Lane?] on May 22, 1895. He asks his friend for a loan to tide him over until he could complete his book, The Quest for the Golden Girl , and discusses his financial affairs in detail, including the payment of hs insurance premium and receiving fifty pounds for editing The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam .