Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. VI-VII. Letters
Charles Lamb to Edward Moxon, [22 September 1829]
DEAR Moxon,
If you can oblige me with the Garrick
Papers or Ann of Gierstien, I
shall be thankful. I am almost fearful whether my Sister will be able to enjoy
any reading at present for since her coming home, after 12 weeks, she has had
an unusual relapse into the saddest low spirits that ever poor creature had,
and has been some weeks under medical care. She is unable to see any yet. When
she is better I shall be very glad to talk
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over
your ramble with you. Have you done any sonnets, can you send me any to
overlook? I am almost in despair, Mary’s case seems so hopeless.
I do not want Mr. Jameson or
Lady Morgan.
David Garrick (1717-1779)
English actor, friend of Samuel Johnson, and manager of Drury Lane Theater.
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.