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4 pages, in ink, on rectos only of 4 sheets of plain notepaper. 6x9¼, held together with a straight pin.

Jack London writes to Charmian Kittredge, his future wife, a little more than a week after Bessie, his current wife, filed divorce papers. He has just spent some time on his boat with George Sterling and other friends, and relates the experience: "...George has just left - showed him you stepping on raft in swimming pool, & he said you were all there and all the rest. Gee! I'll prize that picture - I've the sweet-limbed woman on horseback, & now I've got the sweet limbs, too. Had quite a time yesterday. Carrie [Sterling], Mrs. Whittaker, Laura [Bierce], and a few others were good and sick - and Dick [Partington], who never gets seasick, got sick when we came to moorings & he undertook the perilous detail of the cleaning up process..." Later, "Books in England have been published out of regular order, so reviewers think 'Daughter of Snows' last written. To-morrow night, dear, To-morrow night." The letter is unsigned, in an effort to maintain the secrecy of their relationship. The last names of a few of the people referred to are penciled in, by Charmian at a later date.