Scope and Contents Written from 14 York Place, Portman Square [London], with, at back: list of books read, 1858, and letters and notes written and received in 1858 and 1859; short list of books recommended at front. Also includes pressed flowers, newspaper cuttings, part of a letter to 'Miss Fisher' from an unknown writer, July 1859, re wedding outfits, entry for 10 Jan 1858 and a scrap of paper in later hand. Includes various visits to the Crystal Palace, theatre, opera and Royal Academy. Notable entries...

Scope and Contents Written from 14 York Place [Portman Square, London], with, at back: list of books read, 1858, letters and notes written and received in 1858; list of books recommended at front. Includes pressed flowers and a letter [dated 12 Aug 1871] from Renee [no surname] to William [presumably Annie's later husband], from London. Notable entries include: (25 Jan) news of the marriage of the Princess Royal to Prince Frederick William of Prussia, including a description of the crowds and Illuminations;...

Scope and Contents A letter from Charles Dickens to his son Henry Fielding Dickens written on Henry taking up a place at Trinity Hall. In the letter Dickens gives his son advice about how to live at University, how not to get into debt and how he should appreciate everything whilst he is in Cambridge. It includes a generous allowance of £250 a year “handsome for all your wants” and the news that he has ordered “3 Doz: Sherry, 2 Doz: Port, and 3 Doz: light claret to be sent down to you.. and 6 bottles of...

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Includes letters from Edward Harbord, 3rd Baron Suffield to R. M. Bacon and others