My dear Miss Smith

Here is a note for Mr Bourne that I hope may do good service. I am not inclined to augur ill from the selling off of Aggesden, for of course tales do cease to sell after a time, and Parker certainly has published three or four one volume ones since his son’s death, such as Baby Bianca, Martha Brown, or the Queen’s Maries.

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Madam I shall be very happy to avail myself of your pretty and pathetic tale of Lucy and Christian Wainwright for the Monthly Packet as soon as I can find space for its appearance, but I fear this may not be immediately as I should be sorry to break up the story into several numbers as the effect would be injured.

My rate of payment is 1/6 per printed page, and on putting this into type I ... continue reading

Madam, I delayed to thank you for your M S, till I had had time to read it. It is a very well told story, and I shall have great pleasure in inserting it in an early number of the ensuing volume, either in July or August. The only criticism I should make, is that the boys are rather too old, even at that date, for a schoolroom tea, especially Johnnie, if he had ... continue reading