That man you asked me to see about the brandy is a fraud. Would you, like a good fellow, tell Charlie not to forget to mention in his article that "Hamlet" will only be played on Tuesdays and Fridays in the afternoon, matinées. Don't forget this because people want to know when it is going to be. There was a very good notice in The Jumper. I do feel so ill.
W. S.
From S. Jennings, Secretary, to George Mountebank Esq.
Dear Sir,—Mr. Shakespeare is at present away from home and will return upon Thursday, when I will immediately lay your MSS. before him.
I am,
Very faithfully yours,
S. Jennings, Secretary.
From Mr. Mustwrite of Warwick to William Shakespeare Esq.
Dear Mr. Shakespeare,—I have never met you, and perhaps you will think it a great impertinence on my part to be writing as I do. But I must write to tell you the deep and sincere pleasure I have received from your little brochure "Venus and Adonis," which the Rev. William Clarke, our Clergyman, lent me only yesterday. I read it through at a sitting and I could not rest until I had written to tell you the profound spiritual consolation I derived from its perusal.
I am, dear Mr. Shakespeare,
Very much your admirer,
George Mustwrite.
To William Shakespeare Esq. (unsigned, and written in capital letters rather irregularly)