Lot 78
Thackeray, William Makepeace. Autograph Manuscript Page. One page, 5 x 7", numbered in another hand. From "On Screens in Dining Rooms," "Roundabout Papers" No. 6 (from August 1860). Numerous hand corrections (Thackeray). "…a few lines from my friend Johnson it is true, but they are written on a page covered with feminine handwriting. 'Dear Mr. Johnson' says the writer. I have just been perusing with delight a most charming tale by the Archbishop of Cambray…I am sure Telemachus is as good as new to English readers…I am stabbed through Johnson. He has lent himself to this attack on me…Will there not be a coolness between him and the lady…" Faint horizontal folds, else fine.
Thackeray's Roundabout Papers were autobiographical and he often used them, as here, to respond to various attacks.
Estimated Value $375 - 475.
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