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My dear Miss Smith,
I am delighted to hear that the rest of the Websters is en route. I find that I never get a book parcel given out on a Monday morning, so I am not at all uneasy at not having received it at the same time as the letter, though I feel rather baulked of my afternoon’s pleasure. My mother and I have most thoroughly enjoyed these first seven chapters, which she thinks ... continue reading
My dear Sir, I have authorized M. Tauchnitz to republish “The Little Duke,” and Mr Sydney Williams tells me that he is about to apply to you for a cast of the frontispiece - I am afraid however that the lithographs can be no longer renewed, and I must reply to him that only the vignette of the little page is still to be had. I believe Mrs Blackburn had the stones broken up after the ... continue reading
I wish to consult you on a question of publishing. Rather more than a year ago, I consented at the request of Messrs Saunders and Otley to let my tale Hopes and Fears appear in their periodical the Constitutional Press, reserving to myself the copy right, and intimating to them my intention of putting the tale when completed into your hands for publication. I have just heard that the Magazine ... continue reading
My dear Miss Smith,
I think your answer is a very wise one, and quite what I can understand. I am sure with all the poor I have known unusual help unless on some very pressing occasion would be anything but really beneficial, but the three old couples might be most happily provided, and I hope Mrs Elphinstone may choose that way of spending the sum. I will put what you say before her, thank you ... continue reading
Dear Sir,
I am much obliged by the little book that I received on Saturday, which seems to me very interesting.
My tale of the Young Stepmother is ready to be begun upon whenever you like to have it sent up - unless you think it better to wait till later in the year.
So much has been said in the Saturday Review lately about the want of a history of Christian names that I think it may ... continue reading
Sir, I have now heard from Messrs Longman, so that I can proceed in the matter on which I wrote to you some weeks since.
I should be obliged if you would let me know whether you would undertake my works hitherto in Messrs Parker’s hands, namely
the stock and stereotypes being transferred to you. All these have been hitherto on commission, ... continue reading
Dear Sir,
My brother will call on you on Wednesday morning, the 2nd, unless he should hear from you to the contrary. His address is J.B. Yonge Esq
9 Montague Place
Bryanston Square.
I have just heard that there are 50 copies of the Lances of Lynwood ordered, and that there are none in stock.
I think a new edition should be put in hand at once, it is a childs book, with designs by Mrs Blackburn ... continue reading
Dear Mr Macmillan
It is rather difficult to arrange the order of these books. Heartsease was out before the Daisy Chain indeed those four that I numbered first were meant to answer to the four Seasons, and ought to go together
In point of date, the Daisy Chain and the Young Stepmother are the next, but the Daisy Chain Trial and Pillars ought to come together
What is to be done about the lesser historical ones, ... continue reading
My dear Miss Butler, I certainly do like the Likes and Dislikes so much that I consider my self selfdenying in what I am going to say, and you will consider me servile, but I really believe that the Packet must steer clear of Puseyite name and discussion, and do what it does silently. So I suspect, with all thanks, that it will be wiser for Emily to stand alone, and yet I am sorry ... continue reading
My dear Miss Smith, I like it very much, and am exceedingly ready for some more, much wishing to know Johnny’s fate. Mr and Mrs Arnold are both admirable of their kind, and so is Mary. I am sure her like is often found, as I am afraid Frank’s is too - everybody can remember some dreadful boy before the age of chivalry. We delight too in Sir Hector and his daughter. I ... continue reading