no recommendation to the book. I am sure Sanders
would not have _survived_ the engraving. By the by, the _picture_
may remain with _you_ or _him_ (which you please), till my return.
The _one_ of two remaining copies is at your service till I can
give you a _better_; the other must be _burned peremptorily_.
Again, do not forget that I have an account with you, and _that_
this is _included_. I give you too much trouble to allow you to
incur _expense_ also.

"You best know how far this 'Address Riot' will affect the future
sale of Childe Harold. I like the volume of 'Rejected Addresses'
better and better. The other parody which Perry has received is
mine also (I believe). It is Dr. Busby's speech versified. You are
removing to Albemarle Street, I find, and I rejoice that we shall
be nearer neighbours. I am going to Lord Oxford's, but letters here
will be forwarded. When at leisure, all communications from you
will be willingly received by the humblest of your scribes. Did Mr.
Ward write the review of Horne Tooke's Life in the Quarterly? it is
excellent."

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LETTER 116. TO MR. MURRAY.

"Cheltenham, November 22. 1812.

"On my return here from Lord Oxford's, I found your obliging note,
and will thank you to retain the letters, and any other subsequent
ones to the same address, till I arrive in town to claim them,
which will probably be in a few days. I have in charge a curious
and very long MS. poem, written by Lord Brooke (the _friend_ of Sir
_Philip Sidney_), which I wish to submit to the inspection of Mr.
Gifford, with the following queries:--first, whether it has ever
been published, and, secondly (if not), whether it is worth
publication? It is from Lord Oxford's library, and must have
escaped or been overlooked amongst the MSS. of the Harleian
Miscellany. The writing is Lord Brooke's, except a different hand
towards the close. It is very long, and in the six-line stanza. It
is not for me to hazard an opinion upon its merits; but I would
take the liberty, if not too troublesome, to submit it to Mr.
Gifford's judgment, which, from his excellent edition of Massinger,
I should conceive to be as decisive on the writings of that age as
on those of our own.

"Now for a less agreeable and important topic.