MACABRE

Card, address and text as normal, fold mar, sl. chipped, fair condition. "So sorry, but as you see I am far away, having my holiday. We seem always to miss each other. I hope we may have better luck." Note: "Mainly Victorian" by S. M. Ellis, mentions Machen, London, 1925," and Ellis reviewed Machen'swork.

One page, 8vo, good condition, commences [title] NOTICE | The Managers of the ..............School consider it necessary, in consequence of the existence of Scarlet Fever in the neighbourhood [...] People are warned not to send children to school if there is illness inthe house of any sort, giving the circumstances for penalties (usually £5 fine), and outlining symptoms. Any householder swith illness in the hosue shouldcontact William Bishop Harmer, the Sanitary Inspector of the District.

2pp., 16mo. On first leaf of bifolium of watermarked laid de la Rue paper. In good condition, on aged and lightly-creased paper. A fair copy, neatly written out in a delicate hand. The poem is 28 lines long, arranged in four 7-line stanzas. Short and effective, with no hint of Christian piety to lighten the unremitting gloom.