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LETTER264

CHARLESLAMBTODOROTHYWORDSWORTH

[P.M.January8，1821.]

Maryperfectlyapprovesoftheappropriatnofthefeathers，andwishesthemPeacocksforyourfairniecessake!

DearMissWordsworth，IhadjustwrittentheaboveendearingwordswhenMonkhousetappedmeontheshoulderwithaninvitationtocoldgoosepye，whichIwasnotBirdofthatsortenoughtodecline.Mrs.M.Iammosthappytosayisbetter.MaryhasbeentormentedwithaRheumatism，whichisleavingher.Iamsufferingfromthefestivitiesoftheseason.Iwonderhowmymisusedcarcaseholdsitout.Ihaveplaydtheexperimentalphilosopheronit，thatscertain.Willyshallbeweletoamincepye，andaboutatCommerce，wheneverhees.Hewasinoureye.Iamgladyoulikedmynewyearsspeculations.Everybodylikesthem，excepttheAuthorofthePleasuresofHope.Disappointmentattendhim!HowIliketobeliked，andwhatIdotobeliked!Theyflattermeinmagazines，newspapers，andalltheminorreviews.TheQuarterliesholdaloof.Buttheymusteintoitintime，ortheirleavesbewastepaper.SaluteTrinityLibraryinmyname.TwospecialthingsareworthseeingatCambridge，aportraitofCromwellatSidney，andabetterofDr.Harvey（whofoundoutthatbloodwasred）atDr.Davys.Youshouldseethe

Coleridgeisprettywell，Ihavenotseenhim，buthearoftenofhimfromAlsop，whosendsmeharesandpheasantstwiceaweek.Icanhardlytakesofastashegives.IhavealmostforgottenButchersmeat，asPlebeian.AreyounotgladtheColdisgone?Ifindwintersnotsoagreeableastheyusedtobe，when"winterbleakhadcharmsforme."Icannotconjureupakindsimilitudeforthosesnowyflakes—LetthemkeeptoTwelfthCakes.

Mrs.Paris，ourCambridgefriend，hasbeeninTown.YoudonotknowtheWatfords?inTrumpingtonStreet—theyarecapitalpeople.

Askanybodyyoumeet，whoisthebiggestwomaninCambridge—andIllholdyouawagertheyllsayMrs.Smith.

ShebrokedowntwobenchesinTrinityGardens，oneontheconfinesofSt.Johns，whichoccasionedalitigationbetweenthesocietiesastorepairingit.Inwarmweathersheretiresintoanice-cellar（literally!）anddatesthereturnsoftheyearsfromahotThursdaysome20yearsback.Shesitsinaroomwithoppositedoorsandwindows，toletinathoroughdraught，whichgivesherslendererfriendstooth-aches.Sheistobeseeninthemarketeverymorningat10，cheapeningfowls，whichIobservetheCambridgePoulterersarenotsufficientlycarefultostump.

HavingnowansweredmostofthepointscontaindinyourLetter，letmeendwithassuringyouofourverybestkindness，andexcuseMaryfromnothandlingthePenonthisoccasion，especiallyasithasfallenintosomuchbetterhands!WillDr.W.acceptofmyrespectsattheendofafoolishLetter.

C.L.

[MissWordsworthwasvisitingherbrother，ChristopherWordsworth，theMasterofTrinity.

WillywasWilliamWordsworth，junr.

LambsNewYearspeculationswerecontainedinhisEliaessay"NewYearsEve，"intheLondonMagazineforJanuary，1821.ThereisnoevidencethatCampbelldisapprovedoftheessay.CanonAingersuggeststhatLambmayhavethusalludedplayfullytothepessimismofhisremarks，soopposedtothepleasuresofhope.WhentheQuarterlydid"ein，"in1823，itwaswithcoldwords，asweshallsee.

"TrinityLibrary."ItisherethatarepreservedthoseMSS.ofMilton，whichLambinhisessay"OxfordintheVacation，"intheLondonMagazineforOctober，1820，saysheregretstohaveseen.

"CromwellatSidney."SeeMaryLambslettertoMissHutchinson，August20，1815.

"Harvey…atDr.Davys"—Dr.MartinDavy，MasterofCaius.

"Alsop."ThisisthefirstmentionofThomasAllsop（1795-1880），Coleridgesfriendanddisciple，who，meetingColeridgein1818，hadjusteintoLambscircle.Weshallmeethimfrequently.AllsopsLetters，ConversationsandRecollectionsofSamuelTaylorColeridgecontainmuchmatterconcerningLamb.

"Winterbleakhadcharmsforme."Icouldnotfindthisforthelargeedition.ItisfromBurns"EpistletoWilliamSimpson，"stanza13.

Mrs.PariswasasisterofWilliamAyrtonandthemotherofJohnAyrtonParis，thephysician.ItwasatherhouseatCambridgethattheLambsmetEmmaIsola，whomwearesoontomeet.

"Mrs.Smith."Lambworkedupthisportionofhisletterintothelittlehumoroussketch"TheGentleGiantess，"printedintheLondonMagazineforDecember，1822（seeVol.I.ofthepresentedition），whereinMrs.SmithofCambridgebeestheWidowBlacketofOxford.

"Dr.W."—Dr.ChristopherWordsworth.]

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