Adeline Virginia Stephen, later Virginia Woolf, was born on
this day in 1882. One of her family nicknames was Miss Jan, on account of her
January birthday. In the Monday 21st December [1891] issue of the Hyde
Park Gate News, young Virginia, nearly 10, this fictional love letters,
part of a regular series in the HPGN:
My own Tom I love you with that fervent passion with which my father regards Roast beef but I do not look upon you with the same eyes as my father for he likes Roast Beef for its tast [sic] but I like you for your personal merits.
Happy Birthday, Miss Jan!
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