YONGE, Charlotte Mary (1823-1901). Novelist and writer for children.
Autograph Letter Signed to Miss ?Iroyte, 3 pages 8vo on blue paper (laid down by the second leaf), Otterbourne, Winchester, 5 March ['1862' - in another hand]. Thanking her payment for a copy of Heartsease and discussing the project of obtaining a peal of church bells.
Charlotte Yonge seems to have made a habit of giving away the proceeds of her literary labours. The Dictionary of National Biography records that: 'It was in 1853 that the appearance of The Heir of Redclyffe' brought her a genuine popular success; she gave her profits to Bishop Selwyn to provide a schooner, The Southern Cross, for the Melanesian mission.'
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