Charlotte Bronte to George Smith, 18 September 1850: 'You should be very thankful that books cannot "talk to each other as well as to their readers" ... Dr Knox alone, with his "Race, a Fragment" (a book which I read with combined interest, amusement and edification) would deliver the voice of a Stentor if any other book ventured to call in question his favourite dogmas.'
Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Charlotte Bronte Print: Book
Charlotte Bronte to her publisher, George Smith, 18 September 1850:
'You should be very thankful that books cannot "talk to each other as well as to the reader."
Conceive the state of your warehouse if such were the case [...] Yourself and Mr Taylor and
Mr Williams [Smith's partners] would all have to go in several times in the day to part or
silence the disputants. Dr Knox alone, with his "Race: a Fragment" ( a book which I read with
combined interest, amusement, and edification), would deliver the voice of a Stentor if any
other book ventured to call in question his favourite dogmas.'
Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Charlotte Brontë Print: Book
