Henry Crabb Robinson letter to Tom Taylor, 1863 Mar. 13.

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Henry Crabb Robinson letter to Tom Taylor, 1863 Mar. 13.

The collection consists of a handwritten letter to Tom Taylor, 13 March 1863. The letter accompanied a book Robinson loaned to Taylor, apparently containing essays or stories about England and the English. Robinson requests the book be returned to him in one month, suggesting that the requested essay will occupy Taylor only fifteen minutes.

1 p.

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Taylor, Tom, 1817-1880

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Tom Taylor (19 October 1817 – 12 July 1880) was an English dramatist, critic, biographer, public servant, and editor of Punch magazine. Taylor had a brief academic career, holding the professorship of English literature and language at University College, London in the 1840s, after which he practised law and became a civil servant. At the same time he became a journalist, most prominently as a contributor to, and eventually editor of Punch. In addition to these vocations, Taylor began a theat...

Robinson, Henry Crabb, 1775-1867

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Henry Crabb Robinson was an English barrister and foreign correspondent, reporting from the continent during the Napoleonic Wars. In 1811 he began keeping a diary, in which he recorded thoughts and observation on friends and acquaintances, including most of the major literary figures in England and continental Europe. His diary remains an invaluable resource for Anglophiles and students of European Romanticism. From the description of Henry Crabb Robinson letter to Tom Taylor, 1863 M...