(George Manville, 1831-1909, Novelist and Writer for Boys)
Autograph Letter Signed to W. H. Davenport Adams, 1828-1891,
saying Let the book go as you propose. I can raise no objections, being only too glad to settle a vexed question, 1 side 8vo, Syon Lodge, Isleworth, Middlesex, 21st January
Fenn wrote more than 170 volumes for boys embodying natural history studies, besides dramatic criticism and farces. He was editor of 'Cassell's Magazine', 1870, and proprietor of 'Once a Week', 1873.W.H. Davenport Adams wrote 'Memorable Battles in English History', 1862, and a Concordance to Shakespeare's Plays, 1886. He also founded the 'Scottish Guardian' (editor 1870-1878) and projected and edited the 'Whitehall Library of Wit and Humour'.