Autograph letter to his son detailing his approval of and pleasure in Fanny Burney's novel Camilla. Burney judges it to contain "better writing & deeper thinking than in either of her former novels" and praises it as "the best & most impressive system...
Description:
Accompanied by: typed description on the stationery of James F. Drake, Inc.
Subject (Name):
Burney, Charles, 1757-1817., Burney family., and Burney, Fanny, 1752-1840.
Subject (Topic):
Women, Intellectual life, and Women authors, English
Manuscript diaries, in two hands, describing Burney's tour of Italy and France in 1770. The first volume begins with an explanation of the purpose of his tour, to collect information about music, and of the diaries, to record the incidents of the tou...
Description:
In English.
Subject (Geographic):
France, Italy, Europe, and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Bassi, Laura, 1711-1778., Burney, Charles, 1726-1814., and Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791.
Subject (Topic):
Music, Travelers' writings, English, Social life and customs, Description and travel, and Intellectual life
