The Charles Dickens Letters Project
Period:
1851-1860
Theme(s):
charity
To ARTHUR RYLAND,1 25 MAY 1854
Text from facsimile in John Wilson Manuscripts Ltd. catalogue, 2003.
Tavistock House
Thursday Twenty Fifth May | 1854.
My Dear Sir
I have gone over the list2 with great interest, I assure you, and am extremely glad to have the pleasure of hearing from you again.
Mrs. Dickens and her sister unite in kindest regards.
Always My Dear Sir
Very faithfully Yours
CHARLES DICKENS
Arthur Ryland Esquire.
- 1. Arthur Ryland (1807-77), solicitor: see Pilgrim Letters 4, p. 29n. Founder of the Birmingham and Midland Institute in 1853.
- 2. A list of people to ask to give readings or lectures in aid of the Institute (above) compiled by the Canvassing Committee; Bulwer Lytton was among those applied to: see Vol. VII, p. 478 and n.