BIB_ID
108179
Accession number
MA 2612
Creator
Dickens, Mamie, 1838-1896.
Display Date
Place of writing not identified, not after 1885.
Credit line
Purchased, 1968.
Description
1 item (35 pages) ; 33.1 x 20.6 cm
Notes
Formerly attributed to Kate (Dickens) Perugini.
Title supplied by an editor.
The manuscript is undated, but it was most likely written before its first publication in the January 1885 issue of Cornhill Magazine. At the start of the essay, Mary Dickens says that she has been asked to write on the subject of "The child friendships of Charles Dickens" for a "Companion" being prepared for the American market. She explains that because there are no records of Dickens's childhood friendships and she knows nothing more of his childhood days than what John Forster has already described, she has chosen to write about her own memories of her father instead.
There are corrections and edits in an unknown hand on the manuscript.
See the Collection File for more information.
Title supplied by an editor.
The manuscript is undated, but it was most likely written before its first publication in the January 1885 issue of Cornhill Magazine. At the start of the essay, Mary Dickens says that she has been asked to write on the subject of "The child friendships of Charles Dickens" for a "Companion" being prepared for the American market. She explains that because there are no records of Dickens's childhood friendships and she knows nothing more of his childhood days than what John Forster has already described, she has chosen to write about her own memories of her father instead.
There are corrections and edits in an unknown hand on the manuscript.
See the Collection File for more information.
Provenance
Purchased from the dealer Howard S. Mott, catalog 187, item 18, in 1968.
Summary
Consisting of Mary ("Mamie") Dickens's reminiscences of her father. Discussing, among other subjects, his love of domestic theatricals, parties, dancing, and music; how he celebrated the holidays; the significance of Gad's Hill Place to him; his orderliness, punctuality, and interest in detail; his writing method; how he practiced for his readings; and his relationships with his children and grandchildren.
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