A new collection of letters, manuscripts, original artworks and personal effects has been acquired by the Charles Dickens museum in London. Among the 300 items is a note to his butler on how to serve alcoholic beverages at a dinner party.
Under the heading “Wine”, he writes: “At supper, let there be a good supply of champagne all over the table. No champagne before supper, and as little wine as possible, of any sort, before supper.”
Also: “Mitchell or John [his staff] to keep gin punch in ice under the table, all evening, and to give it only to myself or Mr Lemon [Mark Lemon, the founding editor of Punch].”
Read more about the collection: The Guardian
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