Autograph letters signed (2), dated : [London], 1 June 1875 and 7 April 1876, to [Joseph] Bennett, 1875 June 1
Saying he would be happy to write half a dozen "Portraits of Old Actors" [for Concordia] beginning with Betterton and Cibber, suggesting that a series that has gaps of six weeks or more will not interest readers if it miss the united view that is aimed at, and saying he will next "minutely criticize some of the old dramatists for you ..., men like Congreve and Holcroft."
Manuscript, English, 1875