You may like to know, as a means of engendering a more complete individual interest in our actors, who they are. Jerrold and myself you have heard of; Mr. George Cruikshank and Mr. Leech (the best caricaturists of any time perhaps) need no introduction. Mr. Frank Stone (a Manchester man) and Mr. Egg are artists of high reputation. Mr. Forster is the critic of _The Examiner_, the author of "The Lives of the Statesmen of the Commonwealth," and very distinguished as a writer in _The Edinburgh Review_. Mr. Lewes is also a man of great attainments in polite literature, and the author of a novel published not long since, called "Ranthorpe." Mr. Costello is a periodical writer, and a gentleman renowned as a tourist. Mr. Mark Lemon is a dramatic author, and the editor of _Punch_--a most excellent actor, as you will find. My brothers play small parts, for love, and have no greater note than the Treasury and the City confer on their disciples. Mr. Thompson is a private gentleman. You may know all this, but I thought it possible you might like to hold the key to our full company. Pray use it as you will. My dear Sir, Faithfully yours always. FOOTNOTES: [31] Written to Mr. Sheridan Knowles after some slight misunderstanding, the cause of which is unknown to the Editors. [32] Dr. Hodgson, then Principal of the Liverpool Institute, and Principal of the Chorlton High School, Manchester. [33] Mr. Alexander Ireland, the manager and one of the proprietors of _The Manchester Examiner_. [34] This refers to an essay on "The Genius and Writings of Leigh Hunt," contributed to _The Manchester Examiner_. [35] The "Autobiography of a Working Man," by "One who has whistled at the Plough" (Alex. Somerville), originally appeared in _The Manchester Examiner_, and afterwards was published as a volume, 1848. 1848. [Sidenote: Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton.] DEVONSHIRE TERRACE, _10th April, 1848, Monday Evening._ MY DEAR BULWER LYTTON, I confess to small faith in any American profits having international copyright for their aim. But I will carefully consider Blackwood's letter (when I get it) and will call upon you and tell you what occurs to me in reference to it, before I communicate with that northern light.