MS Charlotte Mitchell.
My dear Sir,
I am much obliged by your letter received this morning, and either by today’s or tomorrow’s post, you will receive Miss Roberts’ MS1 If you decide on accepting it, I suppose it should be begun as quickly as possible, since Christmas is so near. The proofs should be sent to me, and I should also have the copy returned with them, as there are so many Italian names for which it would be safer to refer to the MS. I really would not have troubled you about it if I had thought it at all after the common run of ladies’ manuscripts. I believe she thinks it should make two volumes foolscap octavo.
I am very glad to hear that the present edition of the Daisy Chain is so nearly gone. I should wish it to be made as cheap as will bring in some degree of profit. I think it is stereotyped, and this with cheaper paper and perhaps a cheaper style of binding may reduce the price, though it is too large to be ever completely a “cheap book”. I suppose the volumes are too thick to bear a paper binding like Miss Sewell’s.2 It must certainly continue to be in two volumes
yours faithfully
C M Yonge
J W Parker Esq