[?The Shakespeare feeling is wider than we any of us thought?: William Hepworth Dixon, editor of the Athenaeum.] Autograph Letter Signed, as member of the National Shakespeare Committee, discussing the ?fitting form of memorial?.

See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 2pp, 12mo. Bifolium. In good condition, lightly aged, with small nick at foot of gutter, and glue from mount adhering to blank reverse of second leaf showing through very slightly. Folded for postage. The recipient is not named. Signed ?W. H. Dixon?. Begins: ?Dear Sir / Many thanks for your note. It is obvious that the Shakespeare feeling is wider than we any of us thought: & the fitting form of memorial, where there is enough enthusiasm to justify it, as in Liverpool, is a local scholarship or institution.? He will mention what the recipient states in the Athenaeum, ?for the benefit of places which are asking what the great cities are doing?. He ends with reference to the ?National Memorial?.