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May 10. 1865.
My dear Miss Yonge, It is most kind of you to take my crude criticism in so good part. I did think of the parts, and your possible motive in dwelling on the opening chapter in the slight way you have done. Still with an eye to what is coming I cannot but think that the opening should be fuller, more sonorous and in a higher key. But I have asked Mr Clay to let ... continue reading
Sept 6 1866
Dear Miss Yonge, Sept 6 1866
We shall look forward to the Chaplet of Pearls beginning as soon as either “Old Sir Douglas” or “The Silcotes” cease. It will be, I venture to think, one of your most popular books, and ought not to be the worse for a little mellowing.
I am going down to Scotland with my wife tomorrow morning, and will be away for a fortnight. After that I hope to be at home ... continue reading