" JACOB USSHER "
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Having just received the review in your paper of the book Jacob Ussher, I feel sure your readers would be interested to know that it has been " adapted from the play, Birds of a Feather, by the late Henry V. Esmond, by permission of his wife." This acknowledgment was omitted when the book was sent out to be reviewed by the Press. The play was pro- duced at the Globe Theatre in 1920 by Miss Marie Lehr, and Mr. Esmond, the author, created the part of Jacob Ussher. While not wishing to detract from Miss Jacob's adaptation, I feel I must in justice to my late husband let the truth be known, and I should be much obliged if you would give publicity to this fact in your paper.—I am, Sir, &c.,
21 Whitehead's Grove, S.W. 3. EvA MOORE.
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