To F. A. Chervinsky, 14 September 1891. Moscow.
Ф. А. ЧЕРВИНСКОМУ, 14 сентября 1891 г. Москва.
Headnote
Dated 14 September 1891, from Moscow, to Fyodor Alekseyevich Chervinsky, a poet and playwright, then in Feodosia.
Chekhov opens by warning that a reply will be slow in coming, since a letter to Feodosia and back takes ten days. He reports that he has received and read Chervinsky’s play and will soon have it bound, and says he is looking forward to a second play, though he would have preferred a poem instead. He closes with good wishes and his signature, then adds a postscript noting that he showed the play to some acquaintances, who read it and approved. The letter ends with the address panel as written on the back – Chervinsky’s street address in St. Petersburg.
The tone is brief and cordial, with a light touch of teasing preference (a poem over a second play) characteristic of Chekhov’s notes to fellow writers.