(Richard Doddridge, 1825-1900, Novelist, author of 'Lorna Doone')
Autograph Letter Signed on a card to Mrs Marston
saying Here comes the residue of Springhaven, so that the 3 vols can be accurately mapped. No doubt you are right... It was only my fancy that at the Libraries, people wd rather carry off the books with pictures, & so drive Mudie etc to order more. I have written to Messrs Blackwood, requesting them to write to you..., 1 side correspondence card, no place, 6th October
Springhaven: a tale of the Great War is a three-volume novel by R. D. Blackmore published in 1887. It is set in Sussex during the time of the Napoleonic Wars, and revolves around the plots of the villainous Captain Caryl Carne who attempts to aid a French invasion.