ALs to Mark Lemon
Charles Dickens
Item Info
Physical Description: [2] pages + envelope
Material: paper
Transcription:
Dear Mark.
As I shall be sending a parcel to Wills tomorrow, I indite this hasty note to day. I dare say you won’t get it until Monday.
I have made up my mind to forego the walking part of the expedition home, and to come straight home by way of Folkestone on Tuesday next, arriving in town(please God) at midnight. For I have considered that an expedition from London, in our old way but in some new direction, may be a better day’s “Hout” than we had proposed: the rather as it will be more easily arranged for our mutual convenience. So I shall hope to see you on Wednesday morning, if you should by that time have recovered the effect of the Memorial of Bankers Merchants and others to Mr. G. V. Brooke.
Love from all,
Ever affectionately
CD.
MssDate: Friday Thirteenth October 1854
Media Type: Letters
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes:
Dickens also refers to this parcel his letter to Stone on 13 Oct 1854 (p. 437 in the The Letters of Charles Dickens, Pilgirim Edition.) Gustave Vaughan Brooke had turned down an appearance to peform at the City of London Theatre, Bishopgate. The Memorial of Bankers and Merchants refers to a petition signed by principal bankers, merchants and tradesmen who were requesting to see Brooke perform "his most famous role." Dickens's tone is satrical and the petition is mocked at in Punch, 21 28 Oct 1854.
Recipient: Lemon, Mark, 1809-1870
Provenance: Gift of Benoliel Mrs. D. Jacques, 12/6/54.
Bibliography:
Volume 7, p. 437, The Letters of Charles Dickens, edited by Madeline House & Graham Storey; associate editors, W.J. Carlton…[et al.].
Country: Creation Place Note:Villa du Camp de droite
Country:France
City/Town/Township:Boulogne
Call Number: DL L544m 1854-10-13
Creator Name: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 - Author
ALs to Mark Lemon
ALs to Mark Lemon 
ALs to Mark Lemon