KINGLAKE, A.W. 5529

£50

Description

A good Autograph Letter Signed, explaining why he is minded not to present his works to the Adelphi Club. 4 pp. 7 x 4½ inches, in good condition. 28 Hyde Park Place, 1 June 1868. Alexander Kinglake (1809-1891), historian, author of The Invasion of the Crimea. “The working classes have been so besprinkled with ‘tracts’ & other indoctrinating publications that I imagine they have a not unwise suspicion, by this time, of every publication presented to them gratuitously.”