Letters of Dr Charles Burney

This volume contains the final letters of Charles Burney from 1810, when he was 84, to 1814, when he died at the age of 88. Throughout these years, he was confined to his rooms at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, where he continued to occupy the post of organist, although for many years he had paid a deputy to carry out his duties. Formerly a prolific author and composer, he no longer sought to publis...