BIB_ID
327580
Accession number
MA 4724.4
Creator
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863.
Display Date
[1852] Aug. 8.
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 1991.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 18.3 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of letters from William Makepeace Thackeray to George D. Smith. Letters in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection level record for more information.
The bottom (1.5 cm) of page 1 has been cut off.
The year of writing is from the published letter.
The bottom (1.5 cm) of page 1 has been cut off.
The year of writing is from the published letter.
Provenance
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund in 1991.
Summary
Saying he has returned but without any manuscript for the proposed "Book of Travels;" saying that he had "nothing to say about the places I visited wh[ich] would be likely to advance my reputation or your interests--and we must think of some other little book in place of that one wh[ich] I owe you; asking for the proofs of Esmond; adding that he plans to prepare "4 or 5 extra lectures" prior to his trip to America and he hopes that while he is in the "States to make a book not funny but &c &c--and worthy of a good publisher."
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