You have been so used to these sort of impertinences, that I believe you will excuse me for saying how very much I am pleased with the first number of your new work. Pecksniff and his daughters, and Pinch, are admirable,—quite first-rate painting, such as no one but yourself can execute.
482 | MEMOIR OF THE REV. SYDNEY SMITH. |
I did not like your genealogy of the Chuzzlewits, and I must wait a little to see how Martin turns out; I am impatient for the next number.
Pray come and see me next summer; and believe me ever yours,
P.S.—Chuffey is admirable. I never read a finer piece of writing; it is deeply pathetic and affecting. Your last number is excellent. Don’t give yourself the, trouble to answer my impertinent eulogies, only excuse them. Ever yours,