ARTHUR LOCKER - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 07/11/1883 - HFSID 73038

ARTHUR LOCKER
The British magazine editor and writer writes to colleague asking whom he is trying to get in contact with, signs name in black ink
Autograph letter signed: "Arthur Locker" in black ink. 1 page, 5¼x8 folded. Written on personal The Graphic letterhead. Addressed to a Kilton Esq. of Cambridge. London, England. July 11, 1883. In part: "My dear Sir, I can't quite understand from your letter whether it is Prof. Stewart, the friend of Perkins, or some other man whom you recommend for the Cambridge supplement. If it is Stewart I think you arrange with him the terms...". Arthur Locker (1828-1893) was a novelist and journalist, best known for his work as editor of the Graphic. After beginning his career in a mercantile office at Liverpool, Locker emigrated to Australia where he turned to journalism and writing of plays and fiction. He returned to Great Britain in 1861, where he immediately began contributing to newspapers and magazines, earning a permanent position in 1863 at the Times, and moving up to his Graphic position in 1870. His published writings include Sweet Seventeen (1866), On a Coral Reef (1869), Stephen Scudamore the Younger (1871) and The Village Surgeon (1874). Locker was the elder brother of London Lyrics (1857) author, Frederick Locker-Lampson. Normal mailing folds. Lightly toned. Light surface creases. Corners creased. Lightly stained throughout. Otherwise, fine condition.