Photocopy of an autograph letter signed from Adolph Brodsky to Edvard Grieg

Brodsky writes to Edvard Grieg about concert arrangements. There is no concert committee and Hallé's heirs and Forsyth make the business arrangements and Forsyth is very mean. He made Brodsky wait a long time and then came up with 35 pounds [700 marks ?], for which one has no Grieg. Brodsky wonders if Grieg would play his three sonatas with Brodsky as extra concerts. He wonders how much above 35 pounds Grieg would need to make him come. Perhaps Liverpool would also be possible. Brodsky is very keen for Grieg and his wife to come: they must stay at the Brodskys' or with very dear friends and they would feel much better than in an hotel. Both Adolph and Anna Brodsky like Manchester very much: they have made many friends in the short time they have been there. The public is musical and enthusiastic. Brodsky has a lot of work but enjoys it. He is becoming fatter and fatter. The original is dated 2 Dec 1895, and it is unclear when this photocopy was made.