The Hill, Witley.
Surrey.
30th June 1873
Dear Dalziel
I have just returned from Italy, and write at once to say that I see no objection to Messrs. Routledge sending me a cheque for 50 guineas on to the first title Beauties of English Landscapes, by BF on second thought's I don't like Beauties—Try some other word.
Yours truly
Birket Foster
Messrs. Dalziel
When our book appeared the Press was unanimous in its praise. The Times said: "It would be difficult to do justice to these delineations of rural life and scenery without seeming to fall into extravagant praise"; the Academy spoke of "the inherent beauty of the designs"; the Art Journal of "the grace of composition and idyllic beauty"; the Saturday Review of the "subtile feeling for rustic character, and his sympathy for the poor; his curious love for unsophisticated company in sequestered places."