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LETTER304

CHARLESLAMBTOJOHNHOWARDPAYNE

[January，1823.]

DearPayne—Yourlittlebooksaremostacceptable.Tisadelicateedition.Theyaregonetothebinders.WhentheyehomeIshallhavetwo—the"Camp"and"PatricksDay"—toreadforthefirsttime.Imaysaythree，forIneverreadthe"SchoolforScandal.""SeenitIhave，andinitshappierdays."WiththebooksHarwoodleftatruncheonormathematicalinstrument，ofwhichwehavenotyetascertainedtheuse.Itislikeatelescope，butunglazed.Oraruler，butnotsmoothenough.Itopenslikeafan，anddiscoversaframesuchastheyweavelaceuponatLyonsandChambery.Possiblyitisfromthoseparts.Idonotvaluethepresenttheless，fornotbeingquiteabletodetectitspurport.WhenIcanfindanyoneingyourwayIhaveavolumeforyou，myEliascollected.TellPoole，hisCockneyintheLon.Mag.tickledmeexceedingly.HarwoodistobewithusthiseveningwithFanny，whoestointroducealiterarylady，whowantstoseeme，—andwhoseportentousnameisPlura，inEnglish"manythings."Now，ofallGodscreatures，Idetestletters-affecting，authors-huntingladies.ButFanny"willhaveitso."SoMissManyThingsandIaretohaveaconference，ofwhichyoushallhavetheresult.Idaresayshedoesnotplayatwhist.TreasurerRobertson，whosecoffersareabsolutelyswellingwithpantomimicreceipts，calledonmeyesterdaytosayheisgoingtowritetoyou，butifIwerealso，ImightaswellsaythatyourlastbillisattheBankers，andwillbehonoredontheinstantreceiptofthethirdPiece，whichyouhavestipulatedfor.Ifyouhaveanysuchinreadiness，strikewhiletheironishot，beforetheClowncools.TellMrs.Kenney，thattheMissF.H.（orH.F.）Kelly，whohasbegunsosplendidlyinJuliet，istheidenticallittleFannyKellywhousedtoplayontheirgreenbeforetheirgreatLying-InnLodgingsatBayswater.HercareerhasstoptshortbytheinjudiciousbringingheroutinavilenewTragedy，andforathirdcharacterinastupidoldone，—theEarlofEssex.ThisisMacreadysdoing，whotaughther.Herrecitation，&c.（nothervoiceorperson），ismasculine.Itissoclever，itseemedamaleDebut.ButclevernessisthebaneofFemaleTragedyespecially.Passionsutteredlogically，&c.Itisbadenoughinmen-actors.CouldyoudonothingforlittleClaraFisher?AretherenoFrenchPieceswithaChildinthem?ByPiecesImeanheredramas，topreventmale-constructions.DidnottheBlueGirlremindyouofsomeofCongreveswomen?AngelicaorMillamant?TomeshewasavisionofGenteelComedyrealized.Thosekindofpeopleneveretoseeone.Nimport—havntIMissManyThingsing?WillyouaskHoraceSmithto——[Theremainderofthisletterhasbeenlost.]

[PayneseemstohavesentLambaneditionofSheridan."TheCamp"and"St.PatricksDay"areamongSheridanslessknownplays.

PoolewaswritingarticlesonFranceintheLondonMagazine.Lambrefersto"ACockneysRuralSports，"inthenumberforDecember，1822.

FannywasFannyHolcroft.PluraIdonotidentify.

ThenewtragedyinwhichMissKellyhadtoplaywasprobably"TheHuguenot，"producedDecember11，1822."TheEarlofEssex"wasrevivedDecember30，1822.Macreadyplayedinboth.

"Clevernessisthebane."SeeLambslittlearticleon"TheNewActing"inVol.I.

TheBlueGirlseemstorefertotheladymentionedattheendofthefirstlettertoPayne.

AngelicaisinCongreves"LoveforLove";Millamantinhis"WayoftheWorld."]

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