BIB_ID
431757
Accession number
MA 1617.424
Creator
Stephen, Leslie, 1832-1904.
Display Date
London, England, 1878 September 27.
Credit line
Purchased as the gift of Edwin J. Beinecke, 1955.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 18.3 x 11.6 cm
Notes
This letter is one of twenty-four letters from Leslie Stephen to W. E. Henley written between 1876 and 1881 (MA 1617.411-MA 1617.434).
Written on the stationery of The Cornhill Magazine.
Written on the stationery of The Cornhill Magazine.
Provenance
Purchased as the gift of Edwin J. Beinecke, 1955.
Summary
Saying "I am afraid that Burnand is right - as to the Burlesque. I cannot be certain here but I do not think that the collected edition of Thackeray's works has any authority in such matters & my impression is that poems appeared during T's lifetime amongst the "Miscellanies" without any such title as Burlesque. Indeed I should say that it could not properly be called a burlesque in any case & I expect that it was added to that volume for printers convenience."
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