Literary
GROTE
(Harriet, née Lewin, 1792-1878, Writer)
Autograph Letter Signed to 'Dear Sir' (Sir August Manns, 1825-1907,
Musical Director at the Crystal Palace 1855-1901), introducing Signor Cimino, a Neapolitan gentleman... a refugee from the... govt. of that oppressed nation, he has a talent for music, though not a professional, and wishes to be employed as a singer, teacher, or conductor of private concerts to support his family, I have heard him sing &... shall feel it an obligation conferred on myself if Manns can employ him, from... the recommendation wh. he brot. me from Paris I shd think him a deserving and respectable candidate, with a P.S. I have suggested to M. Cimino to call upon you next Monday, 3 sides 8vo, 12 Saville Row, 25th May
Item Date: 1860
Background
Mrs Grote wrote a 'Memoir of Ary Scheffer', 1860, 'Collected Papers in Prose and Verse', 1862, and 'The Personal Life of George Grote', 1873, her husband, the historian and President of UCL.
Stock No. 17292