BIB_ID
328281
Accession number
MA 4724.66
Creator
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863.
Display Date
[1861] July 9.
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 1991.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 18.1 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 year of writing is from the published letter.
Written on stationery embossed with the crest of the Cornhill Magazine.
The year of writing is from the published letter.
Written on stationery embossed with the crest of the Cornhill Magazine.
Provenance
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund in 1991.
Summary
Commenting that he thinks "Trollope...very pleasant reading;" characterizing his own novel "Philip" as "he will entre nous, take pretty much the career of W M T in the first years of his ruin and absurdly imprudent marriage at least the portrait will be faithful;" discussing two possible contributions to the Cornhill Magazine.
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