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Show Charles V.an.b'. Oiil? Propositi. Cluirlcs Lamb proposed to a womsn Just once In his life. The letter coo-tnlnlng coo-tnlnlng bis proposal, and a portion of it lu faci.lnille, Is printed for the Orit time In Harper's Magazine, In on article ar-ticle by John HollliiKshend, whose collection col-lection of literary treasures contains tho original letter. Tho lady to whom his addresses wero iiuide was Miss Frances Mnrln Kelly, "a versatile sad sympathetic actress and singer." Miss Kelly was said not to have been s beauty; but I.ord Hyron hnd said of her that sho was the only woman In the whole Keinhlo company at Hrury Lnno Theatre who was worth tnlklng to. It is no wonder, then, that Lamb succumbed to her sympathetic nttrse- tho negative to bis proposal, nnd her letter, too. Is Included in Mr. Bol-llugshend's Bol-llugshend's article. |