"... centers on a dream, or vision. The narrator, a scorned lover, holds the eponymous letter, from his friend, and imagines a life of nursing his hatred for Mabel, the lover who scorned him." —PC Fleming
First published in the April 1856 issue of The Oxford and Cambridge Magazine. The story includes a poem which would later be published separately, titled "In Prison," in The Defense of Guenevere and Other Poems.
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1903 | The Hollow Land and Other Contributions to the Oxford and Cambridge Magazine | Longmans, Green and Co. | Collection | 235 | |
| 1907 | The Early Romances of William Morris in Prose and Verse | J. M. Dent & Sons | Collection | 288 | |
| 1913 | Prose and Poetry (1856-1870) | Oxford University Press | Collection | 30 | |
| March 1976 |
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Golden Wings and Other Stories | Newcastle Publishing | Collection | 148 |
| 1980 | Golden Wings and Other Stories | Borgo Press | Collection | 148 | |
| June 2010 |
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The Hollow Land and Other Contributions to the Oxford and Cambridge Magazine | Forgotten Books | Collection | 235 |