![FORSTER, John (1812-1876). Autograph letter signed ('J.F.') to W. J. Fox, '58 L[incoln's] I[nn] F[ields]', Monday 2 December 1844, three pages, 12mo, with postmarked envelope with red seal (both laid down at edges and window-mounted on card).](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2009/CSK/2009_CSK_05822_0114_000(115014).jpg?w=1)
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FORSTER, John (1812-1876). Autograph letter signed ('J.F.') to W. J. Fox, '58 L[incoln's] I[nn] F[ields]', Monday 2 December 1844, three pages, 12mo, with postmarked envelope with red seal (both laid down at edges and window-mounted on card).
AN INVITATION TO DICKENS'S READING OF THE CHIMES. Forster, the literary critic of the Examiner writes to William Johnson Fox of the Daily News: 'Dickens proposes to read us his little story. It is a tea party - D. objecting to anything more jovial - & we assemble punctually at 1/2 past 6. Tomorrow. Tuesday. Come, if you can. D is in town for 4 days only!!'. Forster entertained frequently at 58 Lincoln's Inn Fields (described in Bleak House as Mr Tulkinghorn's Chambers); those who attended the reading on 3 December were portrayed in Daniel Maclise's sketch of the occasion and included Carlyle, Stanfield, Blanchard, Jerrold, Fox, Harness, Frederick Dickens and Alexander Dyce.
AN INVITATION TO DICKENS'S READING OF THE CHIMES. Forster, the literary critic of the Examiner writes to William Johnson Fox of the Daily News: 'Dickens proposes to read us his little story. It is a tea party - D. objecting to anything more jovial - & we assemble punctually at 1/2 past 6. Tomorrow. Tuesday. Come, if you can. D is in town for 4 days only!!'. Forster entertained frequently at 58 Lincoln's Inn Fields (described in Bleak House as Mr Tulkinghorn's Chambers); those who attended the reading on 3 December were portrayed in Daniel Maclise's sketch of the occasion and included Carlyle, Stanfield, Blanchard, Jerrold, Fox, Harness, Frederick Dickens and Alexander Dyce.
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