Item Info

Accession Number: 2006-63
Physical Description: [2] pages
Transcription:

Tavistock House
  Fourth May 1855
My Dear Wills
  I omitted two points yesterday. First, will you remind Morley at any odd time, of the History of the Sappers and Miners of the Quartermaster Sergeant.
  Secondly, will you specially ask him if he will try to do any little fanciful thing in reference to the accompanying book of Leigh Hunts’, that may do it a service? I am anxious about this, for reasons.
  As it is a sort of Railway book, he might perhaps, under some such title as an extraordinary Railway Ride, describe the chief things in it as circling about him during a Railway journey, and changing an ugly ride (say, along the fenny Eastern Counties for instance) into something sunny and beautiful.
  Don’t lose time about this, for I believe Hunts’ race on this side of the moon to be nearly ended.
  Faithfully always
  CD.

MssDate: Fourth May 1855
Media Type: Letters
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes:

Foreshadows Leigh Hunt's death.
Letter references Morley's "By Rail to Parnassus" (published in Household Words 16 June 1855), which positively features Hunt's book Stories in Verse.

Notes:

Record entered by KS 11/2/11.

Recipient: Wills, W. Henry (William Henry), 1810-1880
Provenance: Homes 9/04, Benoliel Fund.

Bibliography:

The Letters of Charles Dickens, Pilgrim Edition, Volume Seven, 1853-1855, p. 609.

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

Call Number: DL W685 1855-05-04
Creator Name: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 - Author