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Edwin Booth letter to George Boughton

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Title	Edwin Booth letter to George Boughton
Creator	Booth, Edwin, 1833-1893
Subject - LCSH	Booth, Edwin, 1833-1893 Letters Boughton, George Henry, 1834-1905 Princess's Theatre (London, England)
Description	Booth writes from Piccadilly to thank Boughton for his praise in light of recent critical comments and to express chagrin at Boughton's dislike of his costume.
Publisher	Honnold Mudd Library. Special Collections
Language	eng
Source	Handwritten letter, autographed: Philbrick Library of Dramatic Arts and Theatre History, Autograph letters box 1, folder 35; 4 pages
Collection	Philbrick Library Collection of Theater Letters - http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/col/phl
Rights	For more information on copyright or permissions for this image, please contact Honnold Mudd Library Special Collections at http://libraries.claremont.edu/sc
Type	Text
Format	image/jp2
Object File Name	phl00097

Title	Page 1
Publisher	Honnold Mudd Library. Special Collections
Collection	Philbrick Library Collection of Theater Letters - http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/col/phl
Rights	For more information on copyright or permissions for this image, please contact Honnold Mudd Library Special Collections at http://libraries.claremont.edu/sc
Transcription	St. James Hotel, Piccadilly. My dear Boughton Thanks, th anks , my dear boy, for your encouraging note which--i'the sea of faint praise with wt !. the critics have overwhelmed me--is indeed a consolation. Don't think, though, that I'm at all discouraged. 'Tis better than I expected--would the business were so. You 're as good as gold to take such genuine interest in me & I wish the Princess's could be crowded with you every night. Yes, "scholarly" is "an ill phrase, a vile phrase "--but what can a poor crittik do
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Object File Name	phl00097_0001.tif

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