Whilst declicacy of sentiment keeps one back, death may make one deeply regret the vacillation which it will decide, and this [illegible] will live on to regret its want of courage
Will you write on the enclosed sheet of paper a few words that I shall treasure—my cousin Hamilton Aïdé2 loc.03099.002_large.jpg loc.03099.004_large.jpg talked to me of you—& I have for years worshipped in distance reverence, that I cannot doubt that you will do me this little act on your part, bringing such pride & pleasure to me
Your devoted admirer Luther Munday Secretary of the Lyric Club which is the London centre of social & artistic gatherings loc.03099.003_large.jpg loc.03099.005_large.jpg loc_jm.00011.jpg loc.03099.006_large.jpg Give out the Ingersol telegram tonight. to Jeffrey's & PattersonCorrespondent:
George Luther Munday
(1857–1922) was a theatre director and charity organizer born in Bath,
England. An aristocrat of independent means, Munday devoted his time to the
formation of clubs that promoted the humanities, including London's Lyric Club,
a dramatic group. It was through the Lyric Club that Munday met playwright Oscar
Wilde, for which friendship he is perhaps best remembered. Munday and his wife
Mabel (1853–1946) were avid cyclists and early members of the Christian
Science church in London. For more information, see Munday's memoir, A Chronicle of Friendships (London: F. A. Stokes,
1912).