BIB_ID
289622
Accession number
MA 93.131
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
1867 Sept. 18.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1913.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 20 cm
Notes
Part of a large collection of letters from Charles Dickens to Wilkie Collins. Letters are cataloged individually; see related records for full description.
Written on All the Year Round stationery. Signed CD.
Written on All the Year Round stationery. Signed CD.
Summary
Reporting that Frederic Chapman and Dickens met the previous day and discussed the copyrights, in partnership with Smith and Son, of Collins' works, noting that Dickens thinks "nothing could be better for [Collins'] books than that they should fall into Smith's hands." Mentioning that Chapman asked whether he might "except the new story here [The Moonstone], for himself to offer for," and that Dickens replied in the affirmative.
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