I write because the season, the London season, is now at its height, and this is the moment for a work like yours to appear.
The Novice did not meet with due notice at first, owing to the bad season of its appearance.
On sending off the MS. you may draw on me for fifty pounds.
I assure you that I am exceedingly well pleased with the Novice, and a second edition will be wanted by the time the new work is launched.