4996. RB to Smith, Elder & Co.
As published in The Brownings’ Correspondence, 30, 4.
1. Chichester Road,
Upper Westbourne Terrace.
Dec. 12. ’61.
Gentlemen,
I wrote a fortnight ago to Mr Thackeray for leave to reprint Three Poems published in the Cornhill Magazine: [1] he answered that “he would that day send you my note, begging that a favorable reply might be given to it.”
May I ask the favor of such a reply as soon as convenient—as I only wait for it to go to Press. [2]
Your kindness & promptness in this matter will much oblige,
Gentlemen,
Yours very faithfully
Robert Browning.
Messrs Smith, Elder & Co.
Publication: RB-GS, p. 325.
Manuscript: Eton College Library.
2. With Last Poems.
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