The Charles Dickens Letters Project
Period:
1861-1870
Theme(s):
social engagements
public readings
To ARTHUR CHAPPELL,1 26 JUNE 1866
Mention in To George Dolby, 26 June 1866.
Inviting Chappell to stay over at Gad’s Hill, together with Dolby,2 from 14 July.3
- 1. Samuel Arthur Chappell (1834-1904), youngest son of Samuel Chappell, of Chappell & Co., music publishers, and a member of the firm that organised CD’s public readings.
- 2. George Dolby (1831-1900), manager of CD’s reading tours, 1866-70, on behalf of Chappell & Co. Became a personal friend of CD; author of Charles Dickens as I Knew Him (1885).
- 3. For CD’s attempt to rearrange the date of the visit see To George Dolby, 1 July 1866.