Concerning his interview with Bentley in Hunt's interest; urges Hunt to see Bentley; requests Hunt to tell Forster to add Rev. C.V. Le Grice's name to the list of subscribers of a certain book.
Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron, 1803-1873; Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859; Bentley, Richard, 1794-1871; Forster, John, 1812-1876; Le Grice, C. V. (Charles Valentine), 1773-1858;
Concerning his difficulty in setting a price for a proposed work on some letters; is a child in all matters of business; his time taken up by a new journal, i.e. Leigh Hunt's London journal, that the work might be given to another; his awkward...
Concerning his thanks for a book by Browning, probably Paracelsus; his request for a visit from Browning with hope that Forster will join them; his hope that Browning is writing; the importance of the second work of an author.
Concerning his request for Hunt's marked copy and notes of Oliver Twist, and Dickens' approval; sends his copy of Milnes; asks Hunt for his marked copy of Forster's life of Vane.
Concerning his encouragement to Hunt on the eve of the production of his play, i.e. The Legend of Florence; Dickens unable to attend becuase of a birthday celebration.
Concerning an enclosed letter from Robertson; Forster's "misgivings about the catastrophe"; story of Mart de Castro; Hunt must strive for a practicable thing that will bring him yet pleasanter correspondence with Robertson of Covent Garden.
Concerning the postponement of a dinner engagement with Hunt and another with Browning until he and Dickens return from their trip to the Manchester cotton mills, etc.