1586. Richard Hengist Horne to EBB
As published in The Brownings’ Correspondence, 8, 285–286.
| P.S. (To an unwritten Note) [1] | [Brighton] |
[Postmark: 29 March 1844]
It is cut from the “Weekly Chronicle.” [2] I have no idea who the writer is, <but sh’d conjecture him to be a young hand.> [3] He is one of the few critics of the public press who have heads upon their shoulders. I think he is unfair to over-look the ‘explanation’ in the Preface—as to our title. But of course there is some truth in his objections. Had I been the sole projector, and proprietor I would have ordered some things differently. But we must do what we can, when we cannot do all we would.
Please return the enclosed.
Yours truly
In haste
R.H.H.
P.S. You foresee the ‘storm’ of bulls from the “magazines,” I suppose. [4] Take no fear for me.
Please return the “Morng Herald.” [5]
Address: Miss E. B. Barrett / 50 Wimpole St / Cavendish Sqre / London.
Publication: None traced.
Manuscript: Pierpont Morgan Library.
1. It is not clear why Horne placed this postscript at the top of the page; it seems probable that he did so as an explanation for the letter.
2. The Weekly Chronicle of 23 March 1844 reviewed A New Spirit (for the text, see pp. 373–376).
3. The passage in angle brackets was added above the line.
4. Perhaps anticipating the book’s being gored by the critics.
5. The Morning Herald reviewed A New Spirit in its issue of 25 March (for the text, see pp. 377–378).
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