ALS, one page, 4.25 x 7, December 15, 1847. Letter declining an invitation, in part: "I regret to say that I cannot possibly have the pleasure of accepting your proffered hospitality. I have written to Mr. Alison to say that (being very busy indeed) I shall only be able to come to Glasgow by the Express Train on the 27th and to engage myself for the next morning would be to render myself quite unfit for the main purpose of my visit." In fine condition. Dickens traveled to Glasgow at the end of December to preside over the opening of the Glasgow Athenaeum, where he reflected on the importance of such institutions in educating the masses: 'I look upon mechanics’ institutions and athenaeums as vitally important to the well-being of society. It is because the rudiments of education may there be turned to good account in the acquisition of sound principles, and of the great virtues, hope, faith, and charity, to which all our knowledge tends; it is because of that, I take it, that you have met in education’s name tonight.'
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