SMITH, Horatio ('Horace') (1779-1849). Poet and author.
Autograph Letter Signed to Kingston, 4 pages 8vo, (opaque mounting tape adhering to the margin, affecting the signature), Brighton, 28 January 1830. Thanking Kingston for the suggestion for his next novel which he may well use, giving news of the family's social life and his own current work.

... At present I am perfectly ignorant on the subject having always considered the modern Greeks a set of savages, totally undeserving our sympathy. ...'

Provenance: from a collection formed by A.M. Broadley in 1903.
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