- Brief description
- Letter, from Charles Dickens to Bradbury and Evans, 11 August 1845
- Label
- In this letter to his publishers, Bradbury and Evans, Charles Dickens refers to more personal matters than those related to business. Firstly, he enquires how a man he recommended them to take on called Johnson ‘goes on’. He then recommends that they also employ Johnson’s wife, ‘a respectable young woman, of a very nice appearance and manner’ to serve their ‘multifarious’ household. Lastly, Dickens writes of business matters by mentioning he has recently been struck with an idea for his next Christmas book, ‘The Cricket’. This is refering to 'The Cricket on the Hearth'.
- Collection
- Archives & Manuscripts
- Object number
- A406
- Object type
- letter
- Production person
- Dickens, Charles
- Production date
- 11/08/1845
- Inscription content
- Devonshire Terrace | Monday August Eleventh 1845.
My Dear B and E. I have always omitted to ask you in our conversations (though I have always had it in my mind to do so) how Johnson whom you so kindly took on my recommendation, goes on. He is full of satisfaction and a sincere desire to please you, in all he tell me. I thought to have mentioned to you the other day, that if in the arrangement of the multifarious establishments; you should want a couple to keep house (having no older servant with a prior claim) I think he and his Intended would suit your purpose excellently well. She is a most respectable young woman, of a very nice appearance and good manner. As we have always other things to speak of when we meet, I write thus much, lest I should forget it again.
Rather a good notion in connexion with the Cricket, has occurred to me this morning. A decided chirp!
Ever Yours
CD
Messrs. Bradbury and Evans.
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