[Samuel Childs Clarke, Vicar of Thorverton, Devon, hymnologist and poet.] Autograph Letter Signed on copy of prospectus for his 'Festival Hymns', discussing the work.

1p, 8vo. On recto of first leaf of a bifolium. The reverse of the that leaf and recto of the second leaf carry the printed prospectus and order form for Clarke’s 1896 volume, ‘Festival Hymns, Including Three Offertory Hymns for Festival Use, Sung in S. Paul’s Cathedral, also in Exeter, Truro, and other Cathedrals, at Choral Festivals’, in which Clarke is described as ‘Vicar of Thorverton, Devon, Hon. Sec. Exeter Diocesan Board of Education’. In fair condition, lightly aged and worn. Folded twice for postage. Signed ‘S Childs Clarke’. The recipient is not named. Begins: ‘My dear Sir / I am hoping, with the help of some friends, to print a large number of hymns that I have written from time to time. Two of them have been sung in your Cathedral.’ He asks him if he will agree to be included among the subscribers. With reference to an item that is not present he writes in a postscript: ‘I wrote the enclosed ode on the occasion of the Consecration and hope to print it in the secular part of my book.’