Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. VI-VII. Letters
Charles Lamb to Edward Moxon, [26? September 1827]
[No date. ? Sept. 26, 1827.]
Pray, send me the Table Book.
DEAR M. Our
pleasant meeting[s] for some time are suspended. My sister was taken very ill in a few hours after you left us (I
had suspected it),—and I must wait eight or nine weeks in slow hope of her
recovery. It is her old complaint. You will say as much to the
Hoods, and to Mrs. Lovekin, and
Mrs. Hazlitt, with my kind love.
We are in the House, that is all. I hope one day we shall
both enjoy it, and see our friends again. But till then I must be a solitary
nurse.
I am trying Becky’s sister to be
with her, so don’t say anything to Miss
James.
Monday. I will send your books soon.
Sarah James (1843 fl.)
The daughter of a clergyman of Beguildy in Shropshire, she was a nurse at Mr. Warburton's
mental institution at Hoxton who attended Mary Lamb.
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.
Edward Moxon (1801-1858)
Poet and bookseller; after employment at Longman and Company he set up in 1830 with
financial assistance from Samuel Rogers and became the leading publisher of literary
poetry.
