The Archive · 1934

The Second Period

This second article on the British "Museum collection Dickens's letters to his wife, now first released for publication, deals with the later months of courtship and marriage, and gives a further glimpse of the part played by Mary Hogarth in the story, land egg. fip, ingeniously drove the part deal of dragging. splashing, and shout-Ing, succeeded in leading the Horse the road.

"Want of Confidence"

Five days later, in an equally long. missive, Dickens gives the cruel side of an election 100 years ago.

You wilt seo or hear by the Chronicle of yesterday, that we had a slight fare here yesterday morning, just stopping short of murder and. rlot...-Such ruthless set of bloody-minded villains T never set eyes on. in my life," In their convivial moments yesterday' after the business of the day Was over, they Were "perfect savages, It a. foreigner were Brought here on his fiat visit 10 English. town to form his estimate of the national character, T am quite fatisied he, would return' forthwith 10 France, and ever set foot in. England again." "The remark will apply Arcater of lea degree to alt agricul

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