$1,495
RUSSELL, BERTRAND, 3RD EARL (1872-1970) Series of Nine Autograph Letters Signed, mostly 1914-15, to Mrs. Fiske Warren, commentary on the War, critiques of poetry and writers and some personal business, July 20th, 1915, "I have been in Hell and in the Valley of the Shadow of Death - but I have emerged with my soul erect & faith intact...I have conquered the war - it cannot abase me again"; November 15, 1914, "I have seen a lot of German newspapers - they are exactly like our own; the same hatred, the same injustice, the same accusations of atrocities, the same belief that a stable peace can only be secured by the complete victory of one's own side. The similarity of Germans and English is amazing..."
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2001-11-10
