Item Info

Accession Number: 87-1581
Physical Description: [2] pages
Transcription:

Tavistock House
         Friday Night
                 Twentieth February 1852
My Dear John Leech (see Tupper).
On Tuesday next, the train for Slough, starts at a quarter before eleven A.M.  Faithful to his rule of being at Railways a quarter of an hour before starting-time, a youth of noble-form and stately (but not severe) presence, will be descried on the steps of the first-class booking office Door at the Paddington Terminus, as the bells of this great city chime half past ten.  In the features of that noble youth, an observer will descry the lineaments of 
                                                                                                                      The Inimitable
                                                                                                                             CHARLES DICKENS

MssDate: Friday Night Twentieth February 1852
Media Type: Letters
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes:

Record created by BZ.

Recipient: Leech, John, 1817-1864
Provenance: Gift of Mrs. D. Jacques Benoliel, 12/6/54.

Bibliography:

The Letters of Charles Dickens, Pilgrim Edition, Volume Six. p. 606-607.

Country: Creation Place Note:Tavistock House
Country:England
City/Town/Township:London

Call Number: DL L516j 1852-02-20
Creator Name: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 - Author