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Title: The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 3 (of 3), 1836-1870
Author: Charles Dickens
Editor: Mamie Dickens Georgina Hogarth
Release Date: June 20, 2008 [EBook #25854]
Language: English
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THE LETTERS
OF
Charles Dickens
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THE LETTERS
OF
CHARLES DICKENS.
EDITED BY
HIS SISTER-IN-LAW AND HIS ELDEST DAUGHTER
VOL. III.
1836 TO 1870.
London: CHAPMAN AND HALL, LIMITED, 11, HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN. 1882.
[The Right of Translation is Reserved.]
CHARLES DICKENS AND EVANS, CRYSTAL PALACE PRESS.
PREFACE.
Since our publication of "The Letters of Charles Dickens" we have received the letters addressed to the late Lord Lytton, which we were unable to procure in time for our first two volumes in consequence of his son's absence in India. We thank the Earl of Lytton cordially for his kindness in sending them to us very soon after his return. We also offer our sincere thanks to Sir Austen H. Layard, and to the sen