Autograph Letter Signed, "Camilla Toulmin", to Samuel Rogers, poet, expressing her admiration and discussing her writings.

Author: 
Camilla Toulmin, author [Samuel Rogers, poet].
Publication details: 
Ferdinand Cottage, Hampstead Road, 20 April1846.
£80.00
SKU: 12543

Four pages, 12mo, small closed tear, darkened edges, text clear and complete. She apologises for bothering him with "the accompanying little volume" ["Poems" published this year, 1846] , explaining that Rogers was a friend of her "dear & lamented" father's youth. "I have written so much - from the nature of the articles - without my name, that I can scarcely expect so humble an one has reached your ears; but poetry has been to me the relaxation from less congenial labours, and its own exceeding great reward; and I cxannot resist the temptation [...] of presenting my humble offering at the shrine of a Master. [...]"