Dear Mr Craik

The story I wrote to you about will be ready in less than a week. If I am not getting like the Archbishop of Granada, I think it is better than my last two or three. Shall I send it up to the printers? Which would be the most taking first title- Chantry House or the Mullion Chambers The second title must be the same in any case - the ConfessionsNarrative of A ... continue reading

Dear Mr Craik

I am very happy to accept your offer of £25 for the Australian edition of Chantry House.

I wish I could disinter A Citizen’s account of the Bristol riots of 1832. It is referred to in the Life of Bishop Gray and said to be excellent; but I could not get it from the London Library, and I wish I could see it before the proofs of that Chapter of Chantry House are irrevocable.

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My dear Lizzie-

. . . Yes, I saw the Spectator on Chantry House, but indeed I did not put in the ghost for the sake of variety or sensation, but to work out my own belief and theory. I could tell you things I quite believe that chime with it. One I must tell, not that it is a ghost probably, it is so curious. The poor people in the Torquay outskirts think a ... continue reading