The Charles Dickens Letters Project

To MISS GEORGINA HOGARTH, 23 AUGUST 1850

MS State University of New York, Buffalo.

OFFICE OF HOUSEHOLD WORDS

Friday Twenty Third August 1850

My Dear Georgy.

Forster1 don’t come tomorrow,2 having the Narrative3 to attend to. Neither does Fred. I am not sure but Stone may. I shall come by the Ramsgate boat, and be put ashore at Broadstairs. All well, and Kate most blooming.4 

Ever affectionately | CHARLES DICKENS

Loves to all the Darlings. 

• 1. John Forster (1812-76; Dictionary of National Biography), historian and man of letters, CD's closest friend and biographer.
• 2. CD was staying in Broadstairs, with occasional trips to London on business; he was returning to Broadstairs on 24 Aug.
• 3. The Household Narrative of Current Events (a monthly supplement to Household Words), which Forster helped to compile and for which he wrote leaders: see Pilgrim Letters 6, p. 18n.
• 4. Catherine had given birth to a daughter, Dora Annie, 16 Aug.