Letter from James Hamilton Fennell to Sampson Low

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line 1: January 28th 1869
line 2: My dear Friend
line 3: In answer to yours of this morning
line 4: 1 – Mr Swinburne will take the
line 5: £30 : I shall send him a cheque
line 6: today. His essay comes to about
line 7: 10 pages: I believe his book will
line 8: give one ?? ??.
line 9: 2 – The Deans Proverbs are taken
line 10: almost entirely from Bohn's Poly
line 11: glott of F. P. with English. Proverbs
line 12: are not literary quotations. What
line 13: I can embrace I will: thanks for
line 14: Your kindness.
line 15: 3 – Thanks about Chatterton. I will
line 16: look towards it in due time.
line 17: 4 – The P.C. notes I got. Of course
line 18: one's first number must be imperfect.
line 19: Nobody in Fleet Street knows how to

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line 1: to work it and I am all à mork
line 2: (Shakesperian word) as yet. For instance
line 3: my notes extended to four times
line 4: those printed. But the books left me
line 5: to note on at Simpkins did not all
line 6: appear in the list.
line 7: I must find out my subs
line 8: and my list maker. Nevertheless
line 9: you had a good number.
line 10: You must have opinion
line 11: if not criticism or your praise
line 12: will be worth nothing. It will
line 13: not do for you to be colourless.
line 14: The Bookseller heals you from that
line 15: circumstance. But I will be al
line 16: ways good natured.
line 17: N.B. You have sent no
line 18: scraps for me.
line 19: 5 – I wish you would advertise

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line 1: "English writers" – did you see
line 2: The Examiner? I send a few
line 3: quotable sentences from what
line 4: I am told is Henry Morley's
line 5: critique.
line 6: Help me where you
line 7: can. I have just taken Henry
line 8: to our old school.
line 9: 1. Great Grandfather W.F.
line 10: 2. Grandad R.J.F.
line 11: 3. Father (mine) W.F.
line 12: 4. Myself J.H.F.
line 13: 5. Son (Henry) H.P.F.
line 14: All at Aspley – It seems a wonder
line 15: fully good school – in german
line 16: & french specially & for health won
line 17: drous. They are working bees there.
line 18: Yours always JHFennell

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line 1: P.S. Cut out some scraps for Publishers
line 2: Circular & send up. I may not use
line 3: them but like to look at them.
line 4: JHF
line 5: Complliments at home to Mrs Lowe