To Mr James M’Glashan.
“33 Boulevard de l’Observation, Jan. 4, 1839.
“How many plates do you propose giving to each No.? If possible, say three.
“Let me also hear what dress we are to appear in. There is a great deal in the externals of a book as well as of a gentleman.”
To Mr James M’Glashan.
“Jan. 11,1839.
“H. K. Brown has not yet written to me, and I regret it the more, because if I knew the scenes he selected, I might have benefited by his ideas and rendered them more graphic as an author corrects his play by seeing a dress rehearsal.
“Has Phiz any notion of Irish physiognomy? for this is most important. If not, and as ‘Lorrequer’ abounds in specimens, pray entreat him to study the Tail* when they meet in February: he can have nothing better, if not too coarse for his purpose. Don’t fear for the conclusion. I think I can manage it safely; and if the company would like to sup where they have dined, I shall keep a broil for their amusement. My intention is, if all prospers, to bring ‘Harry’ to Canada in the next series, and as I have been there, something can be made of it. This is, however, for after consideration.
* This was an epithet applied to the “Repealers,” who
followed O’Connell’s leadership.—E. D.
“I have been so hard worked here that I have been obliged to sit up at night to transcribe, and ‘Harry Lorrequer’ has kept me from dinners and evening-parties innumerable.