Charles Dickens Autograph Letter Signed.

Autograph letter signed by great Victorian novelist Charles Dickens. One page, dated Friday 20th July, 1860, on bifolium of Gad's Hill Place stationery, and addressed to Sir Alexander Duff Gordon. Boldly signed by Dickens with his usual flourish. The letter reads in full, "When you dined at Tavistock House, you mentioned a school at Brighton of which you had a high opinion. I am looking about for a school for my two youngest boys, and should be much indebted to you if you would tell me what manner of school this is that you commended---as for example, for boys of what ages it is designed, and what the charges are. Very possibly it may be too young a school for my purpose, as I would rather place the boys where they could remain. But I am unwilling to throw a chance away. Do not mind how brief you answer. Yours faithfully Charles Dickens." From the date of the letter, the children in question seem most likely to have been Henry Fielding Dickens (born 1849) and Edward Bulwer Lytton Dickens (born 1852). In near fine condition with mail folds, and tipped at head to a backing sheet. The letter measures 4.5 inches by 7 inches.