Robert M. Sillard to Walt Whitman, 21 November 1891
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No 5. Berkeley St.
Dublin
Ireland
Esteemed Sir.
May I ask you to be so kind as to tell me what are your favorite Books and authors.
Pardon me for asking you to write.
With every good wish for your health
I am yours sincerely Robt M. Sillard 21 Nov 1891.
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Sillard
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Correspondent:
Robert Michael Sillard (ca.
1860–1908) was an Irish theatre historian, travel writer, and critic.
Sillard lived and worked closely with his brother Peter, a fellow critic, in
their native Dublin. In 1908, the brothers moved from Dublin to New York City
where they hoped to pursue their literary careers; unfortunately, Robert caught
pneumonia and died a few months after their arrival. Sillard is the author of
Barry Sullivan and His Contemporaries: A Histrionic
Record (London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1901), and his essays appeared in
numerous periodicals, including Donahoe's Magazine, The Westminster Review, and Fortnightly
Review. For more information, see Sillard's obituary, "In Memoriam:
Robert Michael Sillard," The Irish Monthly 37.428
(February 1909), 112–114.