BIB_ID
328484
Accession number
MA 4724.117
Creator
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863.
Display Date
[1861 July].
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 1991.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 20.2 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.
The letter is undated; the month and year of writing is from the published letter.
Written on the verso of a letter to Thackeray, dated Glasgow July 22, 1861, from "Mungo Malagrowtheing."
The letter is undated; the month and year of writing is from the published letter.
Written on the verso of a letter to Thackeray, dated Glasgow July 22, 1861, from "Mungo Malagrowtheing."
Provenance
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund in 1991.
Summary
Wishing him a bon voyage; mentioning several men who might be considered as reviewers for the Cornhill Magazine; suggesting a monthly article "headed CornHill Review--of 24 pages say--Would that suit?" saying he lost 3 days "over a confounded Roundabout Paper wh. I have not had the courage to burn."
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