Correspondence from Virginia and Leonard Woolf, 1919-1928

Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) was an English novelist, short story writer and critic. Her novels included To the Lighthouse and Mrs. Dalloway; and her essay A Room of One's Own is considered a classic feminist work. Woolf also served as a frequent reviewer for the Times Literary Supplement, and she and her husband Leonard launched a small literary publishing house, the Hogarth Press, in 1917.

This series contains six autograph letters and postcards from Virginia and Leonard Woolf to Hope Mirrlees. All were written solely by Virginia Woolf except one letter written by Leonard Woolf, with an added postscript from Virginia, expressing condolences on the death of Mirrlees's mentor, Jane Harrison. Other letters address "Solid Objects" and Jacob's Room by Virginia Woolf; Mirrlees's writing, including a proposed play; social engagements; and mutual acquaintances. The correspondence is arranged chronologically.