[Richard Herne Shepherd, Victorian bibliographer.] Autograph Letter Signed to C. Oscar Gridley, arranging for ?a stroll on the heath?, and enclosing a cutting relating to Froude?s life of Carlyle.

See his entry in the Oxford DNB. Gridley was the Secretary of the Carlyle Society. He had visited Walt Whitman in America earlier in the year. 2pp, 16mo. Bifolium. In good condition, lightly aged. Folded once for postage. Addressed to ?C. Oscar Gridley, Esq.? and signed ?R H Shepherd?. ?Weather permitting (which is likely)?, he proposes to call on Gridley on the following day, ?for a stroll on the heath, &c.? He is ?quite well and on my legs again, since last Wednesday?. He ends by stating that he is enclosing a cutting which will interest him. This is laid down on the blank reverse of the second leaf, and is a notice by the London publishers Longmans, announcing ?The Completion of Mr. FROUDE?S Life of Thomas Carlyle, entitled ?CARLYLE?S LIFE in LONDON,? from 1834 to his Death in 1881, 2 vols. 8vo. price 32s., will be published on FRIDAY NEXT, October 17.?