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only I should like a few copies of each work for myself, to be allowed 

 me in the agreement. ;i^200, I would not object to, for ike whole, 

 though the number of lines is so great ; as the purchaser (who I should 

 much wish to be Cadell and Da vies) would take pains to establish the 

 authoress's name and that once done, her pen is so rapid and so 

 versatile, that I should then hope she might have the proud distinction 

 of devoting her talents to the honor and glory of the Giver of them, 

 by making them subservient to counteract the evil destiny of her 

 family. It is no more difficult to her to write a poem, than to me to 

 write a letter, and I do believe she could with ease, write twelve in a 

 year of the length of ' War and Peace.' I need not say, that the 

 sooner this arrangement takes place the greater will be the kindness, 

 and if Mr. Roscoe could be induced to interest himself, it must have a 

 good effect. I believe if he knew the anxious feelings of my mind, at 

 this moment whilst I am writing to you, he would derive satisfaction 

 from a successful interference in this cause. The poem called the 

 'Powers of Expression,' I know Felicia would not like to have 

 published, as she thinks very poorly of it, but all the others you have 

 pointed out are very proper for the selection and I have sent you 

 copies I had by me of some others which might he chosen and particu- 

 larly I could wish the 'Ode to cheerfulness,' 'The Memory of joys 

 that are past,' and the ' Address to Music,' from some circumstances 

 attached to the times when they were written. ' War and Peace,' 

 Felicia thinks much too redundant and when she comes home, I will 

 send you a corrected copy of it and I have now sent you another copy 

 of ' The Dying Gladiator,' in which you will find two more lines, 

 which she added when she copied it fairly out. One of the many 

 sources of my present anxieties is, that my youngest son, sixteen years 

 old and a very fine, spirited boy, was to have gone to his father in 

 Quebec, with the first Spring ships, but I had not the means of his 

 equipment, which almost appears a happy dispensation of Providence, 

 who orders all things for the best. The army seems now to be the 

 only path open to him and his oldest brother can get him a commis- 

 sion in a highly respectable regiment, if I can accomplish his outfit 

 and therefore I would press the sale of the copy-right, as this regiment 

 is now abroad and he is losing his time at home. Felicia does not 

 return home until Monday next, when she will have been eight weeks 

 receiving the affectionate attentions of all her inestimable friends at 

 Eriviatt, which have restored her to health and spirits. The Friday 

 in next week, she and Harriett go to Conway, to stay the remainder of 

 the summer, but they shall both write to you before they go. Miss 

 Foulkes will be my companion whilst they are away and if you, my 

 dear, kind sir, would come and stay a few weeks with her and me, 

 we should be so happy, and we would nurse you and let you follow 

 your own pursuits as if you were at home. Do gratify us and give 

 this plan a serious consideration. 



