The material on this page is available to AustLit subscribers. If you are a subscriber or are from a subscribing organisation, please log in to gain full access. To explore options for subscribing to this unique teaching, research, and publishing resource for Australian culture and storytelling, please contact us or find out more.
A correspondent from the Birmingham Post provides an 'uncomplimentary description' of Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton's address on the occasion of a farewell dinner for Charles Dickens prior to the latter's departure for a US tour.
Notes
This international work is included in AustLit because it is published (in part or in full), advertised or reviewed in Australian newspapers and magazines during the colonial era; and/or is the subject of Australian literary comment, adaptation or creative writing.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Mr Charles Dickens(International)assertion1868single work column — Appears in:
The Empire,23 January
no.
50471868;(p. 4)
A detailed report of an English farewell event for Charles Dickens prior to his departure for the United States (on 9 November 1867) for his second American tour. Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton presided at the gathering. Lytton's toast and Dickens' reply are included in the report.