Autograph Letter Signed from the journalist and literary biographer George Barnett Smith to J. T. Baron of Blackburn

2pp., 12mo. Bifolium.Good, on lightly-aged paper. In stamped envelope, with London and Blackburn postmarks, addressed by Smith to 'J. T. Baron, Esq. / 18, Griffin Street, / Witton, / Blackburn.' He is only able to reply to Baron's not now, having been 'ill & confined to bed'. He thanks him 'for the kind expressions you use respecting my Life of Gladstone, which I am glad you like so much. I suppose you are aware that I have recently published (through Messrs. Hodder & Stoughton) a companion work, the Life of Mr. Bright?' His 'Poets & Novelists' is obtainable from the publishers Smith, Elder & Co. His 'Shelley' is out of print, but if Baron sends six shillings in stamps Smith will obtain a copy for him. He concludes with a couple of suggestions on how to reach the journalist William Cox Bennett (1820-1895).