Autograph letter signed by William Frederick Robinson to Douglas Sladen 1895

Frederick William Robinson (1830-1901). Autograph letter signed to Douglas Sladen (1856-1947), concerning literary journalism, Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema and the Daily News, 1895.
 
Autograph letter signed, 4 pp., 30 St James's Road, Brixton S.W., 12 March 1895, 180 x 115 mm. Written on a bifolium. Old horizontal and vertical folds, a few light spots to the first page, otherwise very good.
 
A letter from the Victorian novelist and journalist Frederick William Robinson to the writer and anthologist Douglas Sladen. Robinson congratulates Sladen on the success of a recent literary gathering, before discussing the painter Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, the novelist Mrs Humphry Ward, John Robinson of the Daily News, and the practical difficulties surrounding literary and journalistic work.
 
Robinson (1830-1901) was a prolific Victorian novelist and journalist whose numerous works included Grandmother's Money, No Church and Home Chimes. Addressed to Douglas Sladen (1856-1947), the English author, critic and anthologist who became one of the principal literary interpreters of Australia for British audiences.