“The accompanying little poems I have the pleasure of sending for the ‘New Monthly.’ I trust the packet which I forwarded to you last week, was received safely, and in sufficient time for the destination of its contents. You will do me a kindness by announcing in the forthcoming number of the ‘New Monthly,’ a work of mine which will shortly be published by Mr. Murray. It is called ‘The Forest Sanctuary, with Lays of many Lands, and other poems.’
“’The Forest Sanctuary’ is the tale of a Spanish exile, who flies from the religious persecutions of his country, in the sixteenth century, and takes refuge in the wilds of America, where he relates his own story. The remaining pieces chiefly consist of the little poems founded on national customs and recollections, which I have from time to time sent to the ‘New Monthly.’ With much regard, believe me,