The Charles Dickens Letters Project

To SERVAAS DE BRUIN, 4 MARCH 1857

MS The Royal House Archives, The Hague.

Tavistock House, London | Fourth March 1857

Dear Sir

I regret to inform you that the little paper on the Unicorn is not suited to Household Words. I do not think the existence of such an animal sufficiently probable, to render the subject worth mooting. I do not return the paper, because of the expense of postage. But I carefully reserve it, for you to reclaim in any way most convenient to yourself. Let me hope that I may yet have it in my power to send you a more agreeable communication.1

M. Servaas de Bruin

Faithfully Yours

 CHARLES DICKENS

• 1. Nothing by de Bruin was published in Household Words.