BIB_ID
327691
Accession number
MA 4724.21
Creator
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863.
Display Date
1855 Feb. 4.
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 1991.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 18.2 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.
Written from 36 Onslow Square; Thackeray has written "(Private.)" at the top of p. 1.
Written from 36 Onslow Square; Thackeray has written "(Private.)" at the top of p. 1.
Provenance
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund in 1991.
Summary
Discussing the upset he has caused from his comments in the Quarterly concerning Punch; saying he has written to apologize to his "old friends the Publishers and Editor" and thinks it would be best for him to "give up that game of Fair Play wh[ich] I thought of, stick to my old pursuits and keep my health and temper."
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