BIB_ID
289988
Accession number
MA 104.12
Creator
Lever, Charles James, 1806-1872.
Display Date
1860 Oct. 21.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, before 1913.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 20.3 cm
Notes
Part of a large collection of letters related to Charles and Catherine Dickens. Items in the collection are described in individual records; see MA 104 for more information.
With notes at the top of p. 1 and p. 4 in an unknown hand.
With notes at the top of p. 1 and p. 4 in an unknown hand.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan before 1913 from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co.
Summary
Thanking Dickens for his "affectionate note": "believe me when I say that I never got a letter that went more close to my heart & that I never felt kind words more intensely than yours"; discussing the poor reception of his story, "A Day's Ride," and agreeing to "stable the beast" [end publication of the story in All the Year Round] if its reception does not improve.
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