BELLOC LOUISE SWANTON: (1796-1881) French Writer and Translator. A.L.S., Louise Sw-Belloc, three pages, 8vo, Paris, 8th April 1845, to a Gentleman [Mr. Hall]. Belloc thanks her correspondent for the book he has sent, and in return is sending him, 'our friend's book, Emile Souvestre's Foyer Breton, I hope it will interest Mrs. Hall, and perhaps recall to her retentive mind, some of the legends or fairy tales of her native country' further adding, 'I send a parcel for Mr. Murray which I beg you to forward to him on your arrival in London. The letter to Miss Edgeworth is for the post office. I will feel most grateful to you, if you can by any means send my dispatches to Mr. Dickens. I am very anxious to get an answer from him, as soon as possible' continuing, 'This morning I received a letter and two tickets for the Chamber of Deputies' further commenting on the recommendations of the Secretary, Baron Lagarde, concluding, 'Mr. Belloc thanks you for your kind information and sympathy about Galignani's Messenger…' Belloc finally adds the postscript, 'Had I known the name of your young adoptive daughter I would have inscribed it on that little book, instead of Mrs. Hall's for it is written for children, and would prove tedious, I am afraid, to other readers.' A letter of interesting content. With light age wear and minor creasing. G Emile Souvestre (1806-1854) French novelist. Maria Edgeworth (1768-1849) Anglo-Irish Writer of adults' and children's literature. Belloc translated many of her stories into French. Charles Dickens (1812-1870) English Novelist. Belloc translated four of Dickens novels into French.