Forster, John (1812-1876)

London : Chapman & Hall, 1869

post 8vo., cloth

finely engraved portrait and vignette, 2 thick vols.

2

English

£1. 10s.

Sotheran's Valuation (c1871)

Stonehouse Catalogue (1878)

CD Junior's Catalogue

S070.3c; V15.09; C051.10

K3

Library, shelving over bookcases facing door, shelf 12, item 01

Landor was godfather to Dickens's second son. He also stood godfather to a more fanciful character, namely, Lawrence Boythorn, in 'Bleak House'. It was on a visit to him that the fancy which took the form of Little Nell in the 'Curiosity Shop' first dawned on Dickens. No character in prose fiction was a greater favourite with Landor; and one of his whimsical bursts of comical extravagance on this subject suggested to Dickens the idea of representing him under the above name.