Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. VI-VII. Letters
Charles Lamb to Edward Moxon, [18 February 1826]
DEAR M. I had
rather thought to have seen you yesterday, or I should have written to thank
you for your attentions in the Book way &c. Hone’s address is, 22 Belvidere
Place, Southward ’Tis near the Obelisk. I can only say we shall be most
glad to see you, when weather suits, and that it will be a joyful surprisal to
see the Hoods. I should write to them,
but am poorly and nervous. Emma is very
proud of her Valentine. Mary does not
immediately want Books, having a damn’d consignment of Novels in MS. from
Malta: which I wish the Mediterranean had in its guts. Believe me yours truly
William Hone (1780-1842)
English bookseller, radical, and antiquary; he was an associate of Bentham, Mill, and
John Cam Hobhouse.
Thomas Hood (1799-1845)
English poet and humorist who wrote for the
London Magazine; he
published
Whims and Oddities (1826) and
Hood's
Magazine (1844-5).
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.
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.
