Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. VI-VII. Letters
Charles Lamb to John Forster, [1833?]
I WISH youd go to Dilke’s, or let Mockson, and ax him to add this to what I sent him a few days
since, or to continue it the week after. The Plantas &c. are capital. Come
down with Procter and Dante on Sunday. I send you the last proof—not
of my friendship. I knew you would like the title. I do thoroughly. The Last Essays of Elia keeps out any
notion of its being a second volume.
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).
Charles Wentworth Dilke (1789-1864)
In 1816 he settled in Hampstead and befriended Leigh Hunt, John Hamilton Reynolds, and
John Keats; he contributed antiquarian material to periodicals and was editor of the
Athenaeum (1830-46).
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.
Bryan Waller Procter [Barry Cornwall] (1787-1874)
English poet; a contemporary of Byron at Harrow, and friend of Leigh Hunt and Charles
Lamb. He was the author of several volumes of poem and
Mirandola, a
tragedy (1821).
