84 Richard Jeff^ries. 



sometimes Ihouglit that it would be better to publish a second volume, con- 

 taining the additional information that has been sent me .... and 

 to finish with complete and exhaustive pedigrees .... But this is 

 only an idea as yet. Should it ever ripen to a design I must again ask your 

 advice & especially to revise the MS." — Letter to the same, 14,th November, 

 1873. 



(e) " I have commenced the second edition, or second volume as it will in 

 effect be, of ' Goddard,' but I cannot say at what date it will appear, for my 

 time is now so occupied with literary work. However it is begun, and shall 

 be finished .... It is my desire to make the book as complete as 

 possible, & as reliable as possible." — Letter to Rev. F. Goddard, 2^rd 

 November, 1875. 



Also see letter to Mrs. Harrild, 7th May, 1873, quoted in The Eulogy, 

 eh. iii., p. 95. 



Very scarce. Copies have recently been sold at from 30*. to 63*. See 

 paragraphs in Globe, 11th June, 1892, and previously. 



III. 



Jack Brass, Emperor of England. 8vo. T. Pettit & Co., 

 Soho. 1873. 



A political pamphlet, about which no further particulars are forthcoming. 

 Has fetched 42*. and upwards at a recent sale. 



IV. 



The Scarlet Shawl : a Novel. 



First Edition, one vol., pp. 310. 8vo. Tinsley Bros. 1874 

 [July]. 105.6^. 

 Second Edition, one vol. 8vo. 1877. 1«. 



Unfavourably noticed in Athenaum, Graphic, and Globe. Crude, 

 incoherent, and unwholesome. Published at his own expense. " This 

 book affords not the slightest indication of genius, insight, descriptive, or 

 dramatic power." — Eulogy, p. 147. 



V. 



Restless Human Hearts : a Novel. By Richard Jefferies, 

 author of " The Scarlet Shawl/' etc. Three vols. 8vo. Tinsley 

 Bros. 1876 [February]. 2>\s.U. 



Noticed unfavourably in Graphic and other papers. Belongs to the 

 " desperately wicked nobleman " school of fiction. 



