"You have nothing to do, but transcribe your little red books, if they are not rubbed out; for I conclude you have not trusted every thing to memory, which is ten times worse than a lead pencil. Half a word fixed on or near the spot, is worth a cart load of recollection." LONDON: Printed by A. SPOTTISWOODE, New-Street-Square. GRAY's Letters. ΤΟ SIR WILLIAM GELL. DEAR SIR, ON quitting Naples, for those scenes which your pen and pencil have so faithfully illustrated, I promised to fill my note book. I now offer you its contents, as a small and unworthy token of my gratitude for the long continued kindness you have shown Your faithful and obedient servant, Naples, April, 1835. A 3 THE AUTHOR. |