Author:
Samuel Lambert, S. L. & Co., varnish makers [Pratt & Lambert?]
Publication details:
2pp, 8vo, 17 August 1892, on printed letterhead headed 'From S. L. & Co.'
Long and unusually entertaining account 'Re Varnish', addressed to an American correspondent. A fascinating insight into the nature of Victorian entrepreneurship. 'It has long been an idea of mine that of all the Trades the most profitable one is Varnish [...] the Germans, clever as they are, can't make Varnish at all [...] nor for that matter can the Americans'.
