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Abraham Hayward : [account of Euroipean travels]

'Do you object to my alluding to your delightful little account of your passage over the Splugen in /34 & mentioning your name?' [letter to Abraham Hayward. Mary is preparing her own acount of travels in Germany and Italy in 1841/2]

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Shelley      Print: Book

Abraham Hayward : Verses of Other Days

'I like your verses very much, they are marked by elegance, simplicity & feeling - they bear the stamp of reality being unaffected, & easy - Thank you for them very much'. [letter to Abraham Hayward]

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Shelley      Print: Book

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