Autograph Letter Signed to the Reverend Vickers of Bearwood in Dorset.

Prolific author (1862-1925), responsible for the words to 'Land of Hope and Glory'. Brother of the novelist E. F. Benson et al. Four pages, 12mo. Good though grubby, and on paper foxed and discoloured with age. Discusses his 'little paper on Stuart Donaldson'. 'He had a wonderfully <?> and courageous spirit [...] I knew Fred Donaldson well, but never quite understood him. St Clair, now Bishop of Sarum, was my own contemporary & close friend. [...] Donaldson did a great work here in lifting the College out of obscurity into life & activity. He (& I) came here in 1904. There were then 30 men. Now we have 170 & are, I hope doing well [...] I remember Mr John Walter well, & Norman Walter, who died, was a friend of mine at King's. I stayed at Bearwood more than once. All the neighbourhood of Wellington, which we left in 1873 is greatly changed.' Signed 'A C Benson'.