Lot 548
Nightingale, Florence. ALS,10 South Street, Nov. 19/87. 3pp., 8vo., in pencil with original envelope, to Mrs. John Howard (wife of Capt. John Howard). She regrets "I was unable to accept your most tempting invitation to a Persian kitten to come by your Cook from Up Berkeley Sq…My only "he" is 'boarding out' in the country
... but he is, I fear, too much grown up to be a nice companion in your schoolroom…I am always under stress of work & illness…I hope I have not too disappointed your children."
