Mr. George Meredith's Birthday
Mr. George Meredith's Birthday is a letter co-signed by Arthur Conan Doyle, published in The St. James's Gazette on 12 february 1898.
Letter
INTERESTING LETTER OF CONGRATULATION.
Mr. George Meredith, who was born on the 12th of February, 1828, completes his seventieth year to-day. He receives this morning the following letter of congratulation:—
"To George Meredith, — Some comrades in letters who have long valued your work send you a cordial greeting upon your seventieth birthday. You have attained the first rank in literature after many years of inadequate recognition. From first to last you have been true to yourself, and have always aimed at the highest mark. We are rejoiced to know that merits once perceived by only a few are now appreciated by a wide and steadily growing circle. We wish you many years of life, during which you may continue to do good work, cheered by the consciousness of good work already achieved, and encouraged by the certainty of a hearty welcome from many sympathetic readers. (Signed)
J. M. BARRIE.
WALTER BESANT.
AUGUSTINE BIRRELL.
JAMES BRYCE.
AUSTIN DOBSON.
CONAN DOYLE.
EDMUND GOSSE.
R. B. HALDANE.
THOMAS HARDY.
FREDERIC HARRISON.
"JOHN OLIVER HOBBES."
HENRY JAMES.
R. C. JEBB.
ANDREW LANG.
W. E. H. LECKY.M. LONDIN.
F. W. MAITLAND.
ALICE MEYNELL.
JOHN MORLEY.
F. W. H. MYERS.
J. PAYN.
FREDERICK POLLOCK.
ANNE THACKERAY RITCHIE.
HENRY SIDGWICK.
LESLIE STEPHEN.
ALGERNON C. SWINBURNE.
MARY A. WARD.
G. F. WATTS.
T. WATTS-DUNTON.
WOLSELEY.
