[Augustus Hare] Autograph Letter Signed Augustus J.C. Hare to My dear James with sociable chit-chat.

Three pages, 12mo. bifolium, black-bordered, good condition. He's sorry to have missed him in London but a nasty cough drove him home where it is better. He hopes for reciprocal visits in Gloucestershire. Ernest is at 17 New Inn Hall St[.] I must say I admired his pluck in going back to Oxford as he did, for it was sorely against the grain. I often hear from him and he is tolerably cheery though he cannot like it. In his postscript he expresses pleasure at meeting his correspondent's mother at Mr. Barry's