“I cannot resist—hurried as I am—writing you a line, to beg you will convey my best thanks to Jerdan for the service he has done me. His article is not only very friendly, but is also very skilfully executed; and he has put my book in so favourable a light, as to extort a little admiration of it, even from myself.
“Should you be called upon for a second edition, pray let me know in time, as there are two or three verbal errors I should like to correct.
“Just off to the Dandy Dinner!