J. MOGGRIDGE,
Ed. "English Men of Letters" series.
To F. C. Burnand, Esq., Peebles, N.B.
SIR:—The jokes which you forwarded to Punch on Monday last are so good that we used them three years ago. Yours faithfully,
J. MOGGRIDGE, Ed. Punch.
To Mr. D'Oyley Carte, Cross Stone Buildings, Westminster Bridge Road.
DEAR SIR:—The comic opera by your friends Messrs. Gilbert and Sullivan, which you have submitted to me, as sole lessee and manager of the Savoy Theatre, is now returned to you unread. The little piece, judged from its title-page, is bright and pleasing, but I have arranged with two other gentlemen to write my operas for the next twenty-one years. Faithfully yours,
J. MOGGRIDGE,
Sole Lessee and Manager Savoy Theatre.
