Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. VI-VII. Letters
Charles Lamb to Edward Moxon, [12 May 1830]
Enfield, Tuesday, [p.m. May 12, 1830.]
DEAR M. I
dined with your and my Rogers at
Mr. Cary’s yesterday.
Cary consulted me on the proper bookseller to offer a
Lady’s MS novel to. I said I would write to you. But I wish you would
call on the Translator of Dante at the
British Museum, and talk with him. He is the pleasantest of clergymen. ![]()
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I told him of all
Rogers’s handsome behaviour to you, and you are
already no stranger. Go. I made Rogers laugh about your
Nightingale sonnet, not
having heard one. ’Tis a good sonnet notwithstanding. You shall have the
books shortly.
Henry Francis Cary (1772-1844)
English poet; he was assistant-keeper of printed books at the British Museum (1826) and
translator of Dante (1805-19).
Dante Alighieri (1265-1321)
Florentine poet, the author of the
Divine Comedy and other
works.
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.
Samuel Rogers (1763-1855)
English poet, banker, and aesthete, author of the ever-popular
Pleasures of Memory (1792),
Columbus (1810),
Jaqueline (1814), and
Italy (1822-28).
