Kingsley, Charles. Autograph letter signed from Charles Kingsley, Eversley, Hampshire, to Sir Henry Taylor

Folger bibliographic ID: 542
Folger call number: Y.c.3572
Folger holdings ID: 256330
Accession Number: cs717

Asks for advice on a comedy he is planning to write. Complains of the ghastly conventionalisement of modern comedies such as Browning's Colombe's Birthday. Elizabethan comedies were better because they showed man as a social being in fixed social relations rather than as individuals or simply members of a family (though he would like to see a family comedy written about the Brother's Widow Marriage Bill.) Elaborates on the plot he has envisioned involving various community members in 'The Parish.' Asks him to thank Mr. Chadwick for the donation of blue books. The birth of another daughter has left him idle as a butterfly

General notes

Notes in French at top of first page. In pencil at bottom of 4th and 8th leaves: Kingsley, Charles, 3370 I and Kingsley, Charles, 3370 II

Extended title: Autograph letter signed from Charles Kingsley, Eversley, Hampshire, to Sir Henry Taylor 1852 June 17

Kingsley, Charles, 1819-1875 Taylor, Henry, Sir, 1800-1886 Browning, Robert, 1812-1889. Colombe's birthday

correspondent: Kingsley, Charles, 1819-1875
subject: Kingsley, Charles, 1819-1875
subject: Taylor, Henry, Sir, 1800-1886
correspondent: Taylor, Henry, Sir, 1800-1886