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CHARLESLAMBTOS.T.COLERIDGE

26thAugust，1814.

Letthehungrysoulrejoice:thereiscorninEgypt.Whateverthouhastbeentoldtothecontrarybydesigningfriends，whoperhapsinquiredcarelessly，ordidnotinquireatall，inhopeofsavingtheirmoney，thereisastockof"Remorse"onhand，enough，asPopleconjectures，forsevenyearsconsumption;judgingfromexperienceofthelasttwoyears.Methinksitmakesforthebenefitofsoundliterature，thatthebestbooksdonotalwaysgooffbest.Inquireinsevenyearstimeforthe"Rokebys"andthe"Laras，"andwhereshalltheybefound?—flutteringfragmentallyinsomethread-paper—whereasthy"Wallenstein"andthy"Remorse"aresafeonLongmansorPoplesshelves，asinsomeBodleian;theretheyshallremain;noneedofachaintoholdthemfast—perhapsforages—tallcopies—andpeopleshantrunabouthuntingforthemasinoldEzrasshrievaltytheydidforaBible，almostwithouteffecttillthegreat-great-grand-niece（bythemothersside）ofJeremiahorEzekiel（whichwasit?）rememberedsomethingofabook，withoddreadinginit，thatusedtolieinthegreenclosetinherauntJudithsbedchamber.

ThycatererPricewasatHamburghwhenlastPopleheardofhim，layingupforthee，likesomemiserlyoldfatherforhisgenerous-heartedsontosquander.

Mr.CharlesAders，whosebooksalsopantforthatfreecirculationwhichthycustodyissuretogivethem，istobeheardofathiskinsmen，Messrs.JamesonandAders，No.7，Laurence-Pountney-Lane，London，accordingtotheinformationwhichCrabiuswithhispartingbreathleftme.CrabiusisgonetoParis.IprophesyheandtheParisianswillpartwithmutualcontempt.HisheadhasatwistAlemagne，likethine，dearmystic.

IhavebeenreadingMadameStaelonGermany.Animpudentcleverwoman.Butif"Faust"benobetterthaninherabstractofit，Icounseltheetoletitalone.Howcanstthoutranslatethelanguageofcat-monkeys?Fieonsuchfantasies!ButIwillnotforgettolookforProclus.Itisakindofbookwhichwhenonemeetswithitoneshutsthelidfasterthanoneopenedit.YetIhavesomebastardkindofrecollectionthatsomewhere，sometimeago，uponsomestallorother，Isawit.ItwaseitherthatorPlotinus，205-270A.D.，Neoplatonist，orSaintAugustines"CityofGod."Solittledosomefolksvalue，whattoothers，sc.toyou，"wellused，"hadbeenthe"PledgeofImmortality."BishopBrunoInevertouchedupon.Stuffingtoogoodforthebrainsofsuch"aHare"asthoudescribest.Mayitbursthispericranium，asthegobbetsoffatandturpentine（anastythoughtoftheseer）didthatolddragonintheApocrypha!Mayhegomadintryingtounderstandhisauthor!Mayhelendthethirdvolumeofhimbeforehehasquitetranslatedthesecond，toafriendwhoshallloseit，andsospoilthepublication;andmayhisfriendfinditandsendithimjustasthouorsomesuchlessdilatoryspiritshallhaveannouncedthewholeforthepress;lastly，mayhebehuntedbyReviewers，andthedeviljughim!SoIthinkIhaveansweredallthequestionsexceptaboutMorganscos-lettuces.ThefirstpersonalpeculiarityIeverobservedofhim（allworthysoulsaresubjecttoem）wasaparticularkindofrabbit-likedelightinmunchingsaladswithoilwithoutvinegarafterdinner—asteadycontemplativebrowsingonthem—didstnevertakenoteofit?CanstthinkofanyotherqueriesinthesolutionofwhichIcangivetheesatisfaction?DoyouwantanybooksthatIcanprocureforyou?OldJimmyBoyerisdeadatlast.Trollopehasgothisliving，worth￡1000a-yearnet.See，thousluggard，thouheretic-sluggard，whatmightestthounothavearrivedat!LaythyanimosityagainstJimmyinthegrave.Donotentailitonthyposterity.

CHARLESLAMB.

[Coleridgesplay"Remorse"hadbeenpublishedbyPoplein1813.Acopyofthefirsteditionnowbringsaboutthirtyshillings;butthisislargelyowingtothepresenceinthevolumeofLambsprologue.ButRokebyandLarabringtheirpoundstoo.

"ThycatererPrice."Idonotidentify.

CharlesAdersweshallmeet.Crabiuswas，ofcourse，CrabbRobinson.

"SuchaHare."JuliusCharlesHare（1795-1855），whoafterwardsknewColeridge，wasthenatCambridge，afterlivingatWeimar.IfindnorecordofhistranslatingBruno;butthispossiblywashe.

"JimmyBoyer."TheRev.JamesBoyer，HeadmasterofChristsHospitalin

LambandColeridgesday，diedin1814.Hisliving，therichestinthe

Hospitalsgift，wasthatofColneEngaine，whichpassedtotheRev.

ArthurWilliamTrollope，HeadmasterofChristsHospitaluntil1826.

BoyerhadbeenaSpartan，andColeridgeandhehadhadpassages，butin

themainColeridgestestimonytohimisfavourableandkindly（see

LambsChristsHospitalessay，Vol.II.ofthisedition）.]

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