Barrie (James M.) Autograph letter signed ('J.M. Barrie') to Mr Cope, reading in part "Please forgive me for being so lazy in answering as I am not well and have to write from bed with a pencil" and turning down a propose from the recipient "for the reason that the appearing in public is always very much against the grain with me and the speaking in public is such a torture to me that I suffer before and also after", three pages, mid-horizontal folding mark, some yellowing and handling wear, 8vo, 3 Adelphi Terrace House, 20 February 1913.