Mr. Douglas Jerrold.
Devonshire Terrace, Tuesday, May 26th, 1846.
My dear Jerrold,
I send you herewith some books belonging to you. A thousand thanks for the "Hermit." He took my fancy mightily when I first saw him in the "Illuminated;" and I have stowed him away in the left-hand breast pocket of my travelling coat, that we may hold pleasant converse together on the Rhine. You see what confidence I have in him!
I wish you would seriously consider the expediency and feasibility of coming to Lausanne in the summer or early autumn. I must be at work myself during a certain part of every day almost, and you could do twice as much there as here. It is a wonderful place to see—and what sort of welcome you would find I will say nothing about, for I have vanity enough to believe that you would be willing to feel yourself as much at home in my household as in any man's.
Do think it over. I could send you the minutest particular of the journey. It is really all railroad and steamboat, and the easiest in the world.
At Macready's on Thursday, we shall meet, please God!
Always, my dear Jerrold,
Cordially yours.
Mr. W. C. Macready.