May 04, 2017 - Sale 2446

Sale 2446 - Lot 66

Price Realized: $ 488
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Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000
"NO MAN HAS MORE NEARLY TOUCHED THE . . . HEART OF MAN THAN CHARLES DICKENS" SHERMAN, WILLIAM TECUMSEH. Two Autograph Letters Signed, "W.T. Sherman," to "Dear Major," concerning a public reading by Charles Dickens, Jr., of a selection of his father's writings, and giving his own opinion about the works of Dickens. Together 4 pages, 8vo, ruled paper, each written on a folded sheet; faint scattered soiling, horizontal folds. (MRS) New York, 6 November 1887; 10 March 1888
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1887: "I am reminded by your card just received that Mr. Dickens will give next Friday at Chickering Hall another of his Readings. . . ."
1888: ". . . [M]y daughter Rachel says that last night Mr. Dickens made a nice Speech and had a fine appreciative audience. . . .
". . . I would like him to know that I have heard him read nearly all the Selected passages, and have enjoyed them much, always feeling at the close as Sam Weller predicted of his Scotch heart Mary, in his celebrated Valentine 'wished there was more'. Since Walter Scott no man has more nearly touched the . . . heart of Man than Charles Dickens. . . .
"Please say some kind words to Mr Dickens for me, and assure him of my profound admiration of the works of his Father, who has inscribed his own name high among the best Authors of English Literature. . . ."