I will then send the necessary
remittance, together with the manuscript. I should like it to be printed
in one octavo volume, of the same quality of paper and size of type as
Moxon's last edition of Wordsworth. The poems will occupy, I should
think, from 200 to 250 pages. They are not the production of a
clergyman, nor are they exclusively of a religious character; but I
presume these circumstances will be immaterial. It will, perhaps, be
necessary that you should see the manuscript, in order to calculate
accurately the expense of publication; in that case I will send it
immediately. I should like, however, previously, to have some idea of
the probable cost; and if, from what I have said, you can make a rough
calculation on the subject, I should be greatly obliged to you."
In her next letter, February 6th, she says:--
"You will perceive that the poems are the work of three persons,
relatives--their separate pieces are distinguished by their respective
signatures."
She writes again on February 15th; and on the 16th she says:--
"The MS. will certainly form a thinner volume than I had anticipated. I
cannot name another model which I should like it precisely to resemble,
yet, I think, a duodecimo form, and a somewhat reduced, though still
_clear_ type, would be preferable. I only stipulate for _clear_ type,
not too small, and good paper.
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