Fac-simile of an autograph “Fiona Macleod” poem by William Sharp
Naturally, I was eager it should appeal to you—not only because I have long taken keener delight in your writings than in those of any living author, but also because you are Prince of Celtland....
I hope you will be able to read, and perhaps care for, The Mountain Lovers. It is not a story of the Isles, like Pharais, but of the remote hill-country in the far northwest. I know how busy you are: so do not consider it necessary to acknowledge either the book or this letter. Still, if some happy spirit move you, I need not say that even the briefest line from you would be a deep pleasure to
Yours, with gratitude and homage,
Fiona Macleod.
Acknowledgment came swiftly:
Box Hill, July 13, 1895.
Dear Madam,