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[ The “Mr. Fairly” of “The Diary.”—ED.]
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[Macaulay is mistaken. Fanny did receive the gown, a “lilac tabby,” and wore it on the princess royal's birthday, September 29, 1786.—ED.]
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[ The fifth volume of “The Diary” concludes with Fanny's marriage to M. d'Arblay. The seven volumes of the original edition were published at intervals, from 1842 to 1846.—-ED.]
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[ The rumour was probably not far from correct. “Camilla” was published by subscription, at one guinea the set, and the subscribers numbered over eleven hundred. Four thousand copies were printed, and three thousand five hundred were sold in three months. Within six weeks of its publication, Dr. Burney told Lord Orford that about two thousand pounds had already been realized.—ED.]
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[ Fanny's tragedy of “Edwy and Elgiva”, written during the period of her slavery at court, was produced by Sheridan at Drury-lane in March, 1795. It proved a failure, although the leading parts were played by Kemble and Mrs. Siddons. This tragedy, which was never published, is occasionally referred to in her letters of that year. See also an article by Mr. E. S. Shuckburgh, in “Macmillan's Magazine” for February, 1896.—-ED.]