Autograph letter signed : London, to Wilkie Collins, 1855 Mar. 19 | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Summary:Praising Collins' "Sister-Rose," and offering suggestions on refining the text. Inquiring after Collins, and asking whether he shall come up to Ashford, noting that "Mark [Lemon] (whose face is at present enormous) is going." Mentioning [William Henry] Wills, Dickens' talk at the Literary Fund, and [John] Forster, and asking for [Edward Frederick Smyth] Pigott's address

Manuscript, English, 1855

Publication:Letters from Dickens to Collins (MA 93)

Physical Description:1 item (4 pages) ; 17.8 cm

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:463321858

Notes:

Written from Tavistock House. Signed CD

Collins' "The French Governess's Story of Sister Rose" was first published in Household Words, 7 April 1855 and three subsequent weeks

Part of a large collection of letters from Charles Dickens to Wilkie Collins. Letters are cataloged individually; see related records for full description