Autograph letter and note signed to "Bessie" and unnamed correspondent.

Poster artist (1868-1948). (1900) 3 pages, 8vo, black-edged,foxing and fold mark, remnants of laying down in album, text clear and complete. He describes the deat of his wife in childbirth ("She [Isabel, first wife] was up and about in the morning, confined of a wee girl baby at one midday and all over at 3. everything was going so well too. It was finished so quickly that I never saw her conscious tho' I was in the next room. Its all too awful to think about. The cause was . . .") He had left the notifying to others. He gives the name of the baby, Isabel also, reportsd that the fiuneral was "up here", and adds that the builders are working on 88 Knesington Gardens. (No date) One page, 4to, fold marks, clear and complete. "This came this afternoon- It may lead you on to the subjects you're in quest of." Two items,