Typed Letter Signed ('H D'Arcy Power') from the Southampton physician Dr H. D'Arcy Power, written in the spelling of the Phonetic League to 'Bryn', discussing the health of his wife Gretel, and with an autograph postscript by her.

1p., 4to. Fair, on aged, worn and creased paper. Seventeen lines in phonetic spelling, with printed key at foot, headed: 'NOTE - Members of the Phonetic League are pledged to use this Alphabet and spelling in correspondence.' Disregarding the use of the diaersis, the letter begins: 'Mi der Bryn, | Zis is only a not ov enqwiri tu asertan wezer yu ar stil aliv. I wos in London last munz and trid to get yu over z fon, but as ushal fald; z munz befor in z midst ov dredful wuri and confushn I rot a round letr tu Miss Garde ascing her tu pas its puport on tu Joy and yourslef.' A postscript signed 'Gretel' is in conventional spelling: 'I am alive and kicking, for my nerves are run down, always more than those of my Beloved. We both are longing for the Blue Mediterranean but it lacks the necessary treasury. With love | Gretel'. The connection between the writer of the present letter and the surgeon Sir D'Arcy Power (1855-1941) is unclear.