PREFACE-2
Edinburg ?rst I determined to submit my o Sir-alter (tt, being encouraged to do so by tion I Abbotsford a feo otings. I accordingly sent ed numbers of tc time e to ing t since I aking of ality, a reverse aken place in my affairs to me; I begged o look over terary articles I o tion, to ascertain o be the publisher.
taining my by coaco Scotts address in Edinburgter by mail to ry. By t post I received a reply, before he had seen my work.
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t, a reverse of fortune ruck tt, and, practical and ef?cient good-o inform me, to be set up in Edinburged by t respectable talents, and amply furnision. tment of tor, for of furtages. tuation, being apparently at o me. timated, o of a political bearing, and tone it o adopt mig suit me. quot;Yet I risk tion,quot; added ;because I knoant task, and per o Edinburg suit, you need only keep tter secret and t. If on trary you t could be made to suit you, let me knole Street, Edinburg;
In a postscript, ten from Edinburg;I am just come c is positively beautiful, and increases my desire to crimp you, if it be possible. Some dif?culties tter, especially at tset; but e t;
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quot;I cannot express i?ed by your letter. I o feel as if I aken an unable liberty; but, some you t o and con?dence. Your literary proposal botters me, as it evinces a mucalents t;