"Effie Millais."
On our sending Millais complete copies of "The Parables" he wrote the following letter:
"7 Cromwell Place,
"South Kensington,
"5th Dec., 1863.
"Dear Dalziel,—I am quite delighted with the Book, and I think you will find the public will slowly and surely appreciate it. Six copies will not quite do for the friends I have promised it to, but will be enough for the present. I desired to send copies to men who will very much forward the sale—such as Tennyson, Layard, Thackeray, Leech, etc. If you could send me another six I think that would do amply. I will not forget 'The Arabian Nights.' The only fault, I think, in the Book is that in the middle there are too many blank pages, but I suppose that could not be helped.
"Sincerely yours,
"John Everett Millais."
"Now, Randolph, tell thy tidings,
However sharp they be."
"Edinburgh, after Flodden."—Aytoun.
FROM "LAYS OF THE SCOTTISH CAVALIERS."