Three ALsS.

(LAMB, Charles. Circle.) HUNT, James Henry Leigh.

Published by 1839?-1854?, 1839

About this Item

1. ALS to (William Harrison) Ainsworth, Jan. 22 (1839?), watermark is 1838, 27 lines on 3pp, 16mo. A loving letter, ostensibly agreeing 'to come on Feb. 4. if a sharp attack of illness I have just had, do not return; & I will do my best that it shall not.' The tone of the letter is between two very good friends: 'Do not misgive yourself, & fancy you talked "nonsense" the other night. I heard nothing that I remember but an overflow of eloquent & young-hearted good will, that did myself perhaps more honour than I deserved, but was just what it ought to have been, even in that generous superfluity, from the mouth of a man, who in knowing the prose of "the town", has not ceased to feel that the poetry of the universe is a thing somewhat larger. God bless you, dear Ainsworth, & believe me ever most heartily yours.'. Ainsworth and Hunt were close friends and Hunt contributed to Ainsworth's Magazine. 2. ALS to Richard Hengist Horne, Dec. 11 (postmark 1843), 16 lines on 1p mourning paper, 16mo, with integral blank and autograph envelope, signed with initials. 'I will do the verses by all means; I am doing them; and will send them you in a day or two, together with notices of all the points in your letter. Should there be a wish to advertise. they must be called, not a song but a chant. A Christmas Chant & Chorus.'. Hunt worked with Horne, 1801-1884, for the Monthly Repository in the 1830s; in 1843 Horne published his epic poem, Orion. In 1849 he was appointed a sub-editor on Household Words by Dickens at 5gns. per week. 3. ALS to General Fox, March 29 (1854?) from Hammersmith. 13 lines on 1p 8vo, with biographical not about Fox (friend of Byron) at head. Concerning 'the errors which I have fallen into in Household Words; but they will be rectified in the volume, as you will see.'. Hunt was a contributor to Household Words; his article on Gore House in the number for February 18th 1854 was described by Dickens as 'very poor' and had to be edited by W. Wills. General Fox was the brother of Lord Holland and had been moved to write to Hunt about 'errors'. Leigh Hunt, 1784-1859, poet and co-founder of The Examiner, the most important periodical of the Romantic era. Like Lamb, he was educated at Christ's Hospital, and his circle included Hazlitt, Shelley & Keats. Lamb, along with Byron and Thomas Moore, visited Hunt when he had been imprisoned for describing the Prince Regent as 'corpulent'. PLEASE NOTE: For customers within the UK this item is subject to VAT.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Three ALsS.
• Publisher: 1839?-1854?
• Publication Date: 1839
• Binding: Soft cover
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • LAMB