BIB_ID
436954
Accession number
MA 14300.301
Creator
Lucas, Samuel, 1811-1865, sender.
Display Date
London, England, 1859 October 7
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (3 pages) ; 19 x 11.5 cm
Notes
Written on blue stationery from: 11 Bouverie St.
Samuel Lucas was employed as editor for the periodical Once a Week in 1859.
Samuel Lucas was employed as editor for the periodical Once a Week in 1859.
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Sending her the proof of her article and noting that he has marked with an "x" those elements of the text, anecdotal in nature or based on her own observations, to indicate that they will be more welcome to their English readership, and explaining the need for clarity and accessability when writing for the public; pointing out that he has marked one passage with a query "as likely to raise the objection that the common Frenchman is more of a ready made soldier than the Englishman more ready to take up arms etc."
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