Autograph letter signed : London, to Wilkie Collins, 1867 Feb. 12.

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Autograph letter signed : London, to Wilkie Collins, 1867 Feb. 12.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/465059215

Promising to read Charles Reade's latest book [Griffith Gaunt], referencing the charges of indecency and immorality brought against it. Mentioning his schedule of readings and noting that "the Railways shake [Dickens], as witness [his] present handwriting," and that he feels it very much "since the Staplehurst experience." Proposing to dine in two weeks unless Collins has by then left for Paris.

1 item (2 p.) ; 17.9 cm.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889

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Reade, Charles, 1814-1884

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Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870

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