A quite harshly worded autograph letter from the British novelist of such satirical classics as Vanity Fair and The Luck of Barry Lyndon. 1 page, n.p., n.d. 10 x 12 cm. Matted with a printed reproduction sketch by the novelist who was also an accomplish artist. In full: "My dear Madame, Pray let me counsel you to abandon your literary aspirations: they are clogging your path more than you suppose. The eight little verse you have sent me are not fitted for publication; no Editor would insert them, believe me. Pray forgive me if I seem to speak cruelly or harshly, for I am hurried now at the present time. I have a deal of work before me. - Your little accompanying note has pleased me so that I will ask you to let me know further as to your hopes of a livelihood - apart from literature. Yours very truly, W.M. Thackeray."