Thomas Ruys Smith:   I have some interest in the Twain *family's* time 
in London.   Would you share your email address?     Philip Bauer


On 9/6/2024 4:51 AM, Thomas Smith (PPA - Staff) wrote:
> Hi Scott,
>
> I'm doing some work on Twain's times in London at the moment so your question piqued my interest. Not sure if images will send on this list but here's an advertisement for the "new first-class" Prince of Wales Hotel which had just opened in De Vere Gardens, Kensington, from the London Daily Telegraph and Courier, Wednesday 16 September, 1896. Seems to have been operating into the early 1960s. As I'm sure you know, Henry James lived in De Vere Gardens at this time too! Hope this is useful.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Tom
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> I want to thank Barbara for this heads-up on searching.  I suppose the
> hotel had not yet been built at the time Baedeker had written that tour
> guide.  I've ordered a later edition in hope it has more information on
> this residential hotel.  I want to include it as a location in Twain's
> Geography but I've just discovered a technical glitch that prevents me
> from adding images.  The advertising image is perfect but leaves me a
> bit confused as to the relationship between The Prince of Wales Hotel
> and the De Vere Hotel.
>
> On 9/4/24 13:17, Barbara Schmidt wrote:
>> Scott,
>>
>> Try a google advanced book search and you can come up with a number of
>> magazines with ads for the Prince of Wales Hotel in Kensington, including
>> this one --
>>
>> https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Canadian_Magazine/6QjOAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Kensington+%22Prince+of+wales+hotel%22&pg=RA1-PA9&printsec=frontcover<https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Canadian_Magazine/6QjOAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Kensington+%22Prince+of+wales+hotel%22&pg=RA1-PA9&printsec=frontcover>
>>
>> Barb
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>> On Wed, Sep 4, 2024 at 1:23 PM Scott Holmes<[log in to unmask]>   wrote:
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>>> A question to those of you knowledgeable on Twain in London, I can find
>>> no information on a Prince of Wales Hotel in Kensington. There is no
>>> mention of it in the 1894 Baedeker nor in my Google searches.  What I
>>> have found refers to De Vere Gardens and De Vere Mews.  The family
>>> reportedly first stayed there upon arriving in London in May of 1899.
>>> Thanks in advance for any clues...
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