Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. VI-VII. Letters
Charles Lamb to Henry Crabb Robinson, 1 October 1827
[Dated at end: October 1 (1827).]
DEAR R.—I am
settled for life I hope, at Enfield. I have taken the prettiest compactest
house I ever saw, near to Antony
Robinson’s, but alas! at the expence of poor Mary, who was taken ill of her old complaint
the night before we got into it. So I must suspend the pleasure I expected in
the surprise you would have had in coming down and finding us householders.
Farewell, till we can all meet comfortable. Pray, apprise
Martin Burney. Him I longed to have
seen with you, but our house is too small to meet either of you without her
knowledge.
God bless you.
C. Lamb.
Chase Side
1st Octr.
Martin Charles Burney (1788-1852)
The son of Admiral James Burney and nephew of Fanny Burney; he was a lawyer on the
western circuit, and a friend of Leigh Hunt, the Lambs, and Hazlitts.
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.
Anthony Robinson (1762-1827)
Educated at Bristol Baptist College, he was a sugar refiner and a Baptist minister before
becoming a Unitarian; a friend of Henry Crabb Robinson and William Hazlitt, he contributed
to the
Analytical Review and the
Monthly
Repository. His wife and daughter suffered from mental illness.
Henry Crabb Robinson (1775-1867)
Attorney, diarist, and journalist for
The Times; he was a founder
of the Athenaeum Club.
