Charles Dickens Autograph Note.

Rare autograph note by great Victorian novelist Charles Dickens. One page, dated ninth June, 1841 and signed in the third person to John Critchley Prince. The note reads in full, "From Mr. Charles Dickens in payment of his subscription to Mr. Prince's Poems. With every friendly wish that can encourage and cheer him in his onward path. 1 Devonshire Terrace York Gate Regents Park Ninth June 1841." The recipient, John Critchley Prince (1808-66), was a Lancashire-born poet and weaver, known as the "Bard of Hyde," the "poet of the people," and the "factory bard." In 1840, he published his first book of poetry, Hours with the Muses, to which Dickens subscribed. Dickens and Prince became correspondents, although little of their letters have survived, with Dickens often praising the amateur poet, encouraging his continued writing, and offering him advice on publishing his work. Prince dedicated his Poetic Rosary (1851) to Dickens, "as a sincere testimony of the high esteem in which his humanizing writings, with their wide and generous sympathies, are held by his obedient servant, the author." In very good condition. Framed with one issue of Dickens's All the Year Round (December 5, 1874; No. 314, New Series) to the left and an engraved portrait of Dickens to the right. The note measures 4 inches by 4.625 inches. The entire piece measures 30.75 inches by 19.5 inches.