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LETTER313
CHARLESLAMBTOBERNARDBARTON
[Datedatend:March11,1823.]
DearSir—Theapprobationofmylittlebookbyyoursisterisverypleasingtome.TheQuakerincidentdidnothappentome,buttoCarlislethesurgeon,fromwhosemouthIhavetwiceheardit,atanintervaloftenortwelveyears,withlittleornovariation,andhavegivenitasexactlyasIcouldrememberit.Theglosswhichyoursister,oryou,haveputuponitdoesnotstrikemeascorrect.CarlisledrewnoinferencefromitagainstthehonestyoftheQuakers,butonlyinfavouroftheirsurprisingcoolness—thattheyshouldbecapableofmittingagoodjoke,withanutterinsensibilitytoitsbeinganyjestatall.Ihavereasontobelieveinthetruthofit,because,asIhavesaid,Iheardhimrepeatitwithoutvariationatsuchaninterval.Thestorylosessadlyinprint,forCarlisleisthebeststorytellerIeverheard.Theideaofthediscoveryofroastingpigs,Ialsoborrowed,frommyfriendManning,andamwillingtoconfessbothmyplagiarisms.
Shouldfateeversoorderitthatyoushallbeintownwithyoursister,minebidsmesaythatsheshallhavegreatpleasureinbeingintroducedtoher.IthinkImustgiveupthecauseoftheBank—fromninetonineisgalley-slavery,butIhopeitisbuttemporary.YourendeavouratexplainingFoxsinsightintothenaturesofanimalsmustfail,asIshalltranscribethepassage.Itappearstomethathestoptshortintime,andwasonthebrinkoffallingwithhisfriendNaylor,myfavourite.—Thebookshallbeforthingwheneveryourfriendcanmakeconvenienttocallforit.
TheyhavedraggedmeagainintotheMagazine,butIfeelthespiritofthethinginmyownmindquitegone."Somebrains"(IthinkBenJonsonsaysit)"willendurebutoneskimming."WeareabouttohaveaninundationofpoetryfromtheLakes,WordsworthandSoutheyareingupstrongfromtheNorth.ThesheColeridgeshavetakenflight,tomyregret.WithSarasown-madeacquisitions,herunaffectednessandno-pretensionsarebeautiful.Youmightpassanagewithherwithoutsuspectingthatsheknewanythingbuthermotherstongue.IdontmeananyreflectiononMrs.Coleridgehere.IhadbetterhavesaidhervernacularidioPoorC.Iwishhehadahometoreceivehisdaughterin.Butheisbutasastrangeroravisitorinthisworld.HowdidyoulikeHartleyssonnets?Thefirst,atleast,isvastlyfine.Lloydhasbeenintownadayortwoonbusiness,andisperfectlywell.IamashamedoftheshabbylettersIsend,butIambynatureanythingbutneat.ThereinmymotherboremenoQuaker.Inevercouldsealaletterwithoutdroppingthewaxononeside,besidesscaldingmyfingers.Ineverhadasealtooofmyown.Writingtoagreatmanlately,whoismoreoververyHeraldic,Iborrowedasealofafriend,whobythefemalesidequarterstheProtectorialArmsofCromwell.Howtheymusthavepuzzledmycorrespondent!—MylettersaregenerallychargedasdoubleatthePostoffice,fromtheirinveterateclumsinessoffoldure.SoyoumustnottakeitdisrespectfultoyourselfifIsendyousuchungainlyscraps.IthinkIlose£100ayearattheIndiaHouse,owingsolelytomywantofneatnessinmakingupAccounts.HowIpuzzleemoutatlastisthewonder.Ihavetodowithmillions.I?
Itistimetohavedonemyincoherences.
BelievemeYoursTruly
C.LAMB.
Tuesd11Ma23.
[LambhadsentEliatoWoodbridge.BernardBartonssisterwasMariaHack,authorofmanybooksforchildren.TheQuakerincidentisintheessay"ImperfectSympathies."CarlislewasSirAnthonyCarlisle.
"YourendeavouratexplainingFoxsinsight."Seeletterabove.JamesNayler(1617?-1660),anearlyQuakerwhopermittedhisadmirerstolookuponhimasanewChrist.HewenttoextremestotallyforeigntothespiritoftheSociety.BartonmadeaparaphraseofNaylers"LastTestimony."
"Theyhavedraggedmeagain."LambhadbeenquitereadytogiveupEliawiththefirstessays."OldChina,"oneofhismostcharmingpapers,wasintheMarchLondonMagazine.
"Somebrains…"Ihadtogivethisupinmylargeedition.InowfindthatSwiftsaysit,notBenJonson."Thereisabrainthatwillendurebutonescumming."PrefacetoBattleoftheBooks.
"Hartleyssonnets."FoursonnetsbyHartleyColeridgewereprintedintheLondonMagazineforFebruary,1823,addressedtoR.S.Jameson.
"Writingtoagreatmanlately."ThiswasSirWalterScott(seepage626).BarronFieldwouldbethefriendwiththeseal.
HereshouldealetterfromLambtoAyrtonsayingthattherewillbecardsandcoldmuttoninRussellSt.from8to9andginandjokesfrom9.30to12.]
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