WCP1492

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10. Osborne R[oa]d.

Wimborne

8/3/[19]11

Sir,

I hope my presenting myself thus, without invitation or introduction, will not offend you, because I have so often thought I should like to meet you, and this seems to be the only way of attaining my desire.

The only reasons I can give, are, that I feel greatly interested in one of those gentlemen who so revolutionised [2] Victorian thought as to make one's intellectual life much greater and grander than it otherwise would have been, that I am a socialist (Clarionette), and that I am a humble student deeply interested in life. I have recently read your "World of Life"² which I greatly enjoyed, but upon which, I fear, I can offer no learned criticism. As a result of my reading I take this liberty, for which I hope my interest in your work will be some excuse.

P[lease].T[urn].O[ver]. [3]

If you would like me to call on you, will you please name some convenient times, and I will then let you know which time fits best with my duties. I am, bye the bye, the youngest Booking Clerk at Wimborne Station; possibly you may have noticed me.

Again, apologising for troubling you, | Yours respectfully, | Henry G. Young [signature]