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"The Controversy Between Charles Dickens and George Cruikshank Concerning George Cruikshank's Fairy Library", 1853
Collection Overview
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Scope and Contents
Contains an autograph draft of a letter from Master "Hop-o-my-thumb" [George Cruikshank] to Charles Dickens, being Cruikshank's defense to the criticism in "Frauds and Fairies" written by Charles Dickens and published in Household Words, Oct. 1, 1853. Together with an original pen-and-ink sketch by Cruikshank of a man on horseback. The autograph draft is written on the back of a letter from Edmund Fry to George Cruikshank, Dec. 26, 1853, asking him to make another design for a temperance placard, and giving him a suggestion for the composition, which was followed by the artist, and published as No. 4 of the series. Also includes "An Address to Little Boys and Girls, and to Parents, Guardians, etc." in which Cruikshank explains the nature of the letter he had written in defense of his "Fairy Library." Bound together with the printed article "Frauds and Fairies" from the original number of Household Words. and a transcription of the letter written in black and red.
- Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by title.
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- Processing Information
This collection was processed by Judith Golden with additions by Barbara Volz and Teresa Basler in 1993. Finding aid written by Judith Golden, Barbara Volz and Teresa Basler in 1993.
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- Credit this material:
"The Controversy Between Charles Dickens and George Cruikshank Concerning George Cruikshank's Fairy Library"; George Cruikshank Collection, C0256, Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
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Firestone LibraryOne Washington RoadPrinceton, NJ 08544, USA
