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Elm Tree Road, St. John's Wood
June 20, 1831
Dear Sir,
Thursday, as it happens, will suit me better than today; and I will do myself the pleasure of being with you.
I need not repeat to you how highly your gift is valued. I have been carrying it about the house with me, like a child who has had a picture-book given it; and have put it among some favourite books on a shelf, just before the table at which I write, that it may help to give me pleasant thoughts. I persuade myself that Steele may have had this identical copy in his hand, Perhaps Pope, perhaps my lady Suffolk, or God knows how many of the wits and charmers of that time; and the advertisements look as if Lintot and Tonson were still booksellers. One feels as if one ought to go and by the "New Atalantis" at "Mr. Morphew's, near Stationers Hall"; or to look at the
Object Description
| Rating | |
| Title | Leigh Hunt letter to John Forster, June 20,1831 |
| Creator |
Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859 |
| Date Original | 1831-06-20 |
| Description | Concerning his thanks for a volume by Steele, i.e. the original numbers of the Tatler. |
| Personal Name Subject |
Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859 Forster, John, 1812-1876 Steele, Richard, Sir, 1672-1729 |
| Geographic Subject |
England -- London -- City of Westminster -- Westminster |
| Chronological Subject |
1830-1840 |
| Type (DCMIType) |
Text |
| Type (AAT) |
Correspondence |
| Type (IMT) |
jpeg |
| Digital Collection | Leigh Hunt Letters |
| Contributing Institution | University of Iowa. Libraries. Special Collections Dept. |
| Archival Collection |
Brewer-Leigh Hunt Collection |
| Collection Guide | http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/spec-coll/resources/Brewer-LeighHunt.html |
| Location | bound MsL F73h vol. 1 leaf 9 (previous call number MsL F73h vol. 1 no. 2) |
| Rights Management | Educational use only, no other permissions given. This letter is owned by The University of Iowa Libraries Special Collections Department, and is provided here for educational purposes. It may not be reproduced or distributed in any format without written permission of the Special Collections Department. |
| Contact Information | Contact the University of Iowa Libraries Special Collections Department: lib-spec@uiowa.edu |
| Height (cm) | 23.0 |
| Width (cm) | 18.8 |
| Number of Pages | 3 + 1 blank |
| Number of Sheets of Paper | 1 |
| Digitization Specifications | Scanned with Zeutschel OS 12000 scanner at 600 ppi, 24-bit color. Archival tiff image available. |
| Date Digital | 2009-02-11 |
| Transcript |
Elm Tree Road, St. John's Wood June 20, 1831 Dear Sir, Thursday, as it happens, will suit me better than today; and I will do myself the pleasure of being with you. I need not repeat to you how highly your gift is valued. I have been carrying it about the house with me, like a child who has had a picture-book given it; and have put it among some favourite books on a shelf, just before the table at which I write, that it may help to give me pleasant thoughts. I persuade myself that Steele may have had this identical copy in his hand, Perhaps Pope, perhaps my lady Suffolk, or God knows how many of the wits and charmers of that time; and the advertisements look as if Lintot and Tonson were still booksellers. One feels as if one ought to go and by the "New Atalantis" at "Mr. Morphew's, near Stationers Hall"; or to look at the house that is to be let at "Mourdon" in Surrey, belonging to "Sir Richard Garth." I observe among a collection of Poems "by the Most Eminent Hands" some pieces I never before heard of, "by the Author of the Tale of the Tub"; which makes me think I ought to go and buy them, though the book is published by "Edmund Curll" which renders them of doubtful authenticity.--In short, when one sees these things, does it not make one think that Steele and others ought to be eternally as alive among us personally as they are intellectually; and that by some delightful and fantastic compromise with vicissitude, we should still have their wigs and their wits about us, with Reform and the French Revolution besides; in other words, all the old good things ever were, together with all the good new ones? Believe me, dear Sir, most sincerely Your obliged servant , Leigh Hunt. To John Forster Esqre 4 Burton Street , Burton Crescent . |
| Transcript By |
Brewer, Luther |
| Transcript Location |
University of Iowa. Libraries. Special Collections Dept. |
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| Title | Page1 |
| Relation - Is Part Of | Leigh Hunt letter to John Forster, June 20, 1831 |
| Digital Collection | Leigh Hunt Letters |
| File Name | f73h-v1-9_Page1.jpg |
| Transcript | Elm Tree Road, St. John's Wood June 20, 1831 Dear Sir, Thursday, as it happens, will suit me better than today; and I will do myself the pleasure of being with you. I need not repeat to you how highly your gift is valued. I have been carrying it about the house with me, like a child who has had a picture-book given it; and have put it among some favourite books on a shelf, just before the table at which I write, that it may help to give me pleasant thoughts. I persuade myself that Steele may have had this identical copy in his hand, Perhaps Pope, perhaps my lady Suffolk, or God knows how many of the wits and charmers of that time; and the advertisements look as if Lintot and Tonson were still booksellers. One feels as if one ought to go and by the "New Atalantis" at "Mr. Morphew's, near Stationers Hall"; or to look at the |
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