Item Info

Accession Number: 87-1701
Physical Description: [2] pages
Material: paper
Transcription:

Bull Hotel, Leicester.
  Friday Twenty Fifth [January] 1867
My Dear Mr. Henry James.
  I am reading in the country with short intervals of flits to town, and have only two days within the limits you so kindly give me, on which I could possibly dine in London. Those are, Tuesday the 5^th and Wednesday the 6^th of February. I shall be delighted, on either of those days, to give George Russell the Happy Dispatch in a better fashion than the Japanese, with many thanks to you for affording me the opportunity.
  Your letter reached me here today, and of course I answer it by the next post. A note from you addressed to me at All the Year Round Office 26 Wellington Street W.C. will be sure to find me with the least possible delay.
  Believe me always
  Faithfully Yours
  Charles Dickens
Henry James Esquire

MssDate: Friday Twenty Fifth [January] 1867
Media Type: Letters
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes:

Dickens wrote February 25, 1867, but must have meant January 25, 1867, considering the day of the week and references in the letter to the future dates of February 5th and 6th.  See also note 3 of Pilgrim Edition, volume 11, page 306, concerning his reading in Leicester.

Recipient: James, Henry James, Baron, 1828-1911
Provenance: Purchased from Hamill & Barker 5/1955, Matlack Fund.

Bibliography:

Volume 11, p. 306, The Letters of Charles Dickens, edited by Madeline House & Graham Storey ; associate editors, W.J. Carlton … [et al.].

Country: Creation Place Note:Bull Hotel
Country:England
City/Town/Township:Leicester

Call Number: DL J233 1867-01-25
Creator Name: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 - Author