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issued you shall see. It will be published by 

 J. Snow and Co., 2, Ivy Lane. 



" Then with regard to Swindon. I have so 

 enlarged my account of it, and so enlarged the 

 account of the Goddard family, that I have 

 determined to publish the work in two parts. 

 First to issue the Goddard part, by which 

 means I shall not risk so much money, and 

 shall see how the thing takes. Besides, I 

 know that the Goddards would prefer it 

 done in that way. I estimate the cost of the 

 first part at about 10 ; and as the manuscript 

 has been completed and lying idle for nearly 

 three months, I should like to get it out at 

 once, but I do not like to give the order until I 

 have the cash to meet the bill. 



" You have no idea of the wretched feeling 

 produced by incessant disappointment, and 

 the long, long months of weary waiting for 

 decisions without the least hope. . . ." 



