Autograph Draft of Letter to his publishers Messrs Petter & Galpin [George William Petter and Thomas Dixon Galpin, associates of John Cassell].

12mo (18 x 11 cm): 1 p. 15 lines of text. On aged paper with one light stain at centre. Corner on reverse tipped in onto card mount. No signature. Introducing 'Miss Napier who has just returned from the Cape of Good Hope - She has one or two M.SS which she wishes to submit to your notice [...] you will kindly assist the lady in her literary efforts'. Miss Napier's address is given as '4 Beech View Villas, South Penge Park | Penge Surrey SE.' It is perhaps significant that Sir George Thomas Napier (1784-1855) was Governor of the Cape of Good Hope from 1837 to 1843. He had two daughters: Sarah (later Mrs Clarke) and Cecilia (later Mrs Bunbury). From the collection of the Chancery Lane auctioneer Sidney Hodgson (1864-1973), who has written on the mount 'My Father lived at 7 Beech View Villas South Penge Park when first married, October 4 1865 his Fathers birthday'.