BIB_ID
365517
Accession number
MA 8610.6
Creator
Craik, Dinah Maria Mulock, 1826-1887.
Display Date
[1849] March 26.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 8.7 x 6.6 cm
Notes
No year of writing is given, but the novel Craik is discussing in the letter is The Ogilvies, which was published in 1849.
Part of a collection of autograph letters of Dinah Maria Mulock Craik to Frederic Chapman. Items in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Written from 26 Brecknock Street.
Part of a collection of autograph letters of Dinah Maria Mulock Craik to Frederic Chapman. Items in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Written from 26 Brecknock Street.
Summary
Saying she has no objection to changing the title "but I do not like either 'Katharine Ogilvie' or 'The Ogilvies' -- In the first place this style of nomenclature is the commonest of all --...Secondly, Eleanor is quite as much the heroine of the book as Katharine;" adding that "the title should indicate the purpose of the novel - viz: the contrast between reality & [seeming?] in the world of society - & in the love life & characters of the two sets of lovers. The best title I can think of now, is 'False & True' -- but perhaps the title-page might 'bide a wee' in hope of a better still;" saying that she "will do all I can to keep an incog. which is pleasant to my feelings & if the book succeeds, will be very amusing;" discussing a delivery error due to an incorrect address; requesting a payment of £50 "sometime before March is out."
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