BIB_ID
290462
Accession number
MA 105.56
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
1839 Dec. 28.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1913.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 18.5 cm + envelope
Notes
Envelope with postmark and addressed to "Mr. J. A. Overs / Messers. Springweiler & Co. / 2 Duke Street / West Smithfield / London."
Part of a collection of 2 engravings and 73 letters primarily from Charles Dickens to John Macrone. Letters are cataloged individually in 75 records (MA 105.1-75); see related records for full description.
Written from 1 Devonshire Terrace. Signed Charles Dickens.
Part of a collection of 2 engravings and 73 letters primarily from Charles Dickens to John Macrone. Letters are cataloged individually in 75 records (MA 105.1-75); see related records for full description.
Written from 1 Devonshire Terrace. Signed Charles Dickens.
Summary
Discussing Overs' work, and reminding him that Dickens is in no way connected with any Magazine and that he is "not on such terms" with either Ainsworth or Bentley [both of Bentley's Miscellany] to promote the publication of Overs' work there. Suggesting that Overs rethink his literary work, rhetorically asking "if a ballad were printed here or a paper accepted there, do you think you would better your condition or be a happier man?" Answering that "in nine tenths of the time you would not." Encouraging Overs to peruse his literary work when it "becomes a pleasure and relaxation from other toils, and may be indulged without regret or pain." Noting that although Dickens is "very closely occupied and the sight of MS (not [his] own) is a nightmare," he is willing to read the work Overs has sent and to give him a private opinion of its merits.
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