It is "rich in pawky humour." But if I can get a copy I'll send it to you. It is complimentary if not true!
I am putting a very simple inscription over our dear Brother. Do you like it?
TROUVÉ
commonly and justly called
TRUE.
Found 1869; Lost 1881,
by A.E. and J.H.E.
To H.K.F.G.
Eccelsfield. December, 1882.
... I rather hope to have a story for you for March, which will be laid in France. Will it do if you have it by February 8?...
It is a terribly close subject, and I shall either fail at it, or make it I hope not inferior to "Jackanapes." I don't think it will be long. The characters are so few, I have only plotted it. It will be called—
"THE THINGS THAT ARE SEEN": AN OLD
SOLDIER'S STORY.
DRAM. PERS.