Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. VI-VII. Letters
Mary Lamb to Jane Norris Tween, 25 December 1841
[41 Alpha Road, Regent’s Park] Christmas Day [1841].
MY dear Jane,—Many thanks for your kind presents—your Michalmas goose. I
thought Mr. Moxon had written to thank
you—the turkeys and nice apples came yesterday.
Give my love to your dear Mother. I was unhappy to find your note in the basket, for I am
always thinking of you all, and wondering when I shall ever see any of you
again.
I long to shew you what a nice snug place I have got into—in
the midst of a pleasant little garden. I have a room for myself and my old
books on the ground floor, and a little bedroom up ![]()
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two pairs of stairs. When you come to town, if you have not time
to go [to] the Moxons, an Omnibus from
the Bell and Crown in Holborn would [bring] you to our door in [a] quarter of
an hour. If your dear Mother does not venture so far, I will contrive to pop
down to see [her]. Love and all seasonable wishes to your sister and
Mary, &c. I am in the midst of many
friends—Mr. & Mrs. Kenney, Mr. & Mrs. Hood,
Bar[r]on Field & his brother
Frank, & their wives &c.,
all within a short walk.
If the lodger is gone, I shall have a bedroom will hold two!
Heaven bless & preserve you all in health and happiness many a long year.
Yours affectionately,
M. A. Lamb.
Barron Field (1786-1846)
English barrister and friend of Leigh Hunt, Thomas Hood, and Charles Lamb.
Francis John Field (1790-1857)
The younger brother of Barron Field; he was a colleague of Charles Lamb in the India
House, where he was accountant-general.
Jane Hood [née Reynolds] (1792-1846)
The daughter of George Reynolds of Christ's Hospital and sister of John Hamilton
Reynolds; in 1825 she married the poet Thomas Hood.
Thomas Hood (1799-1845)
English poet and humorist who wrote for the
London Magazine; he
published
Whims and Oddities (1826) and
Hood's
Magazine (1844-5).
James Kenney (1780-1849)
Irish playwright, author of
The World (1808); he was a friend of
Lamb, Hunt, Moore, and Rogers.
Louisa Kenney [née Mercier] (1780 c.-1853)
The daughter of the French writer Louis-Sébastien Mercier and former (fourth) wife of
Thomas Holcroft; in 1812 she married the Irish playwright James Kenney.
Edward Moxon (1801-1858)
Poet and bookseller; after employment at Longman and Company he set up in 1830 with
financial assistance from Samuel Rogers and became the leading publisher of literary
poetry.
Elizabeth Norris (d. 1843)
Formerly Faint, a widow; she was remarried to Randal Norris, librarian of the Inner
Temple and friend of Charles and Mary Lamb.
Jane Tween [née Norris] (d. 1891)
The daughter of Charles Lamb's friend Randal Norris; with her sister Elizabeth (d. 1894)
she kept a school at Widford; they married two brothers.
