SD1223. Mary Russell Mitford to Emily E. Jephson

As published in The Brownings’ Correspondence, 10, 330 (in part).

Three Mile Cross

[February] 1845

I write to you, dearest Emily, in the midst of a fall of snow, a foot deep at least … Reading, with its noisy, bustling, craving commerce, is struck with admiration of Elizabeth Barrett’s high-toned poetry; and the League Committee have sent to request her to contribute a poem to the ladies’ bazaar. Whether she will do so or not I cannot tell. But I am sure the poem will be written, although her father, who is only a Whig, may have influence enough to prevent his Radical daughter from complying with the request. …

Text: L’Estrange (2), III, 193–194.

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