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" There is something in the candid tone of his letter which inclines me to think well of him. 'I duly received your letter containing the notices from the _Critic_, and the two magazines, and also the _Morning Post_. I hope all these notices will work together for good; they must at any rate give the book a certain publicity.--Yours sincerely, 'C. BRONTE.' Mr. R. H. Horne {434} sent her his _Orion_. TO R. H. HORNE '_December_ 15_th_, 1847. 'DEAR SIR,--You will have thought me strangely tardy in acknowledging your courteous present, but the fact is it never reached me till yesterday; the parcel containing it was missent--consequently it lingered a fortnight on its route. 'I have to thank you, not merely for the gift of a little book of 137 pages, but for that of a _poem_. Very real, very sweet is the poetry of _Orion_; there are passages I shall recur to again and yet again--passages instinct both with power and beauty. All through it is genuine--pure from one flaw of affectation, rich in noble imagery. How far the applause of critics has rewarded the author of _Orion_ I do not know, but I think the pleasure he enjoyed in its composition must have been a bounteous meed in itself. You could not, I imagine, have written that epic without at times deriving deep happiness from your work. 'With sincere thanks for the pleasure its perusal has afforded me,--I remain, dear sir, yours faithfully, 'C. BELL.' TO W. S. WILLIAMS 'HAWORTH, _December_ 15_th_, 1847. 'DEAR SIR,--I write a line in haste to apprise you that I have got the parcel. It was sent, through the carelessness of the railroad people, to Bingley, where it lay a fortnight, till a Haworth carrier happening to pass that way brought it on to me. 'I was much pleased to find that you had been kind enough to forward the _Mirror_ along with _Fraser_. The article on "the last new novel" is in substance similar to the notice in the _Sunday Times_. One passage only excited much interest in me; it was that where allusion is made to some former work which th
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