Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. VI-VII. Letters
Charles Lamb to Vincent Novello, [25 January 1825]
DEAR Corelli,
My sister’s cold is as obstinate as
an old Handelian, whom a modern amateur
is trying to convert to Mozart-ism. As
company must & always does injure it, Emma and I propose to come to you in the evening of tomorrow,
instead of meeting here. An early bread-and-cheese
supper at ½ past eight will oblige us. Loves to the Bearer of many Children.
C. Lamb.
Tuesday
Colebrooke.
I sign with a black seal, that you may begin to think,
her cold has killed Mary, which will
be an agreeable unsurprise when you read the
Note.
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
German composer who settled in England in 1712 where he composed oratorios, among them
The Messiah, first produced in Dublin in 1742.
Mary Anne Lamb (1764-1847)
Sister of Charles Lamb with whom she wrote Tales from Shakespeare (1807). She lived with
her brother, having killed their mother in a temporary fit of insanity.
Emma Lamb Moxon [née Isola] (1809-1891)
The orphaned daughter of Charles Isola adopted by Charles and Mary Lamb; after working as
a governess she married Edward Moxon in 1833.
