MY dear Talfourd, we propose being with you on Wednesday not unearly,
Mary to take a bed with you, and I
with Crabbe, if, as I understand, he be
of the party. Yours ever,
Ch. 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.
Henry Crabb Robinson (1775-1867)
Attorney, diarist, and journalist for The Times; he was a founder
of the Athenaeum Club.
Sir Thomas Noon Talfourd (1795-1854)
English judge, dramatist, and friend of Charles Lamb who contributed articles to the London Magazine and New Monthly
Magazine.
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Authors:
Charles Lamb; Mary Lamb
Title:The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905).
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Series: Lord Byron and his Times: http://lordbyron.org
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