BIB_ID
328320
Accession number
MA 4724.74
Creator
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863.
Display Date
[1861] Oct. 9.
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 1991.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 17.9 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 from 36 Onslow Square.
The year of writing is from the published letter.
Written from 36 Onslow Square.
Provenance
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund in 1991.
Summary
Questioning whether they should publish a political article that defends an aristocratic government and "shows the dangers of a democracy quite fairly...If we commence the debate, we must continue it. Be sure there will be loud answers and outcries on the part of the (so-called) Liberal-Conservative press. Shall we encounter their enmity? --take a Liberal-Conservative attitude and battle the question? To introduce into the C H M much graver matter may bring many readers who want more than novels and light articles: but if we make a Ship of war of the Magazine we must have more than one gunner--a crew of them. I dont [sic] say no."
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