Correspondence

5640.  RB to Richard Holt Hutton

As published in The Brownings’ Correspondence, 32, 6.

19 Warwick Crescent,

Upper Westbourne Terrace, W.

Oct. 12. ’65.

Dear Mr Hutton, [1]

I was unlucky enough to miss the visit of Mr Jones [2] yesterday—& his card gives no address– I must consequently beg you to say for me that he is quite at liberty to make use of whatever pieces will serve his purpose. As for the “introduction,”—any friend of yours will always be heartily welcomed by

Yours ever

Robert Browning.

Publication: Robert H. Tener, “The Importance of Being Hutton,” The Dalhousie Review, 44 (Winter 1965), 422 (in part).

Manuscript: Manuscripts Division, New York Public Library.

1. Richard Holt Hutton (1826–97), editor with Walter Bagehot of The National Review from 1855 to 1864 and editor with Meredith Townsend of The Spectator from 1861 to 1896.

2. Unidentified.

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