I would like to exchange with you—I to send you my two volume Centennial Ed'n Leaves of Grass and Two Rivulets, (half leather, pub. at $10)—& you to send me two copies your late Ed'n Leaves of Grass. If you agree, mail the copies, & I will mail mine to you by return.1
loc.01303.001_large.jpgCorrespondent:
Andrew Chatto (1841–1913) was the junior
partner of John Camden Hotten at Hotten's publishing business. After Hotten's
death in 1873, Chatto bought the business and partnered with poet W. E. Windus.
See also Oliver Warner, Chatto & Windus: A Brief Account
of the Firm's Origin, History and Development (1973).