BIB_ID
291374
Accession number
MA 4979.21
Creator
Forster, John, 1812-1876.
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 1995.
Description
1 item (4 p., with address) ; 22.3 cm
Notes
Part of a large collection of letters between Charles Dickens, Sir James Emerson Tennent and his family, and John Forster. Items in the collection are described in individual records; see MA 4979 for more information.
With postmark and seal.
With postmark and seal.
Summary
Describing his efforts to move to a new residence; apologizing for not writing sooner; discussing the differences between conversation and letter writing and concluding that conversation is preferable; observing that "those who can afford to follow [literature] solely for the love they bear it ... are the favoured of heaven"; discussing Emerson's arrival in London and Forster's recommendation that he find an office; promising that they will have "many happy fireside chats"; offering to find rooms for him before he arrives.
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