TALBOT677

Sackville Street ¹

20^th Dec^r

My Dearest Henry

I am so pleased that you liked your parcel, you have no idea di quel gran piacer ch'ío gusto nel farvi piacere. ²

I will send you Zotti's Grammar ³ but will wait till I hear again from you, in case you should recollect any thing more you wish to have sent with it.

I have sent to Rodwell ⁴for the last Edition of Zotti's Grammar, but it is not yet come. & I will look over my Italian Books to see if I have any that will suit you. You are too young yet to read their first rate Poets, you would not yet feel their beauties, & they are difficult. I will must send you some easy books to begin with, & in prose till you are more au fait ⁵ of the language

Adiò conservatevi & scrivite Subito ⁶

Let me know if the Morning Chronicle ⁷ ever miss because I send it every day

Have you a good Italian Dictionary to consult?

Would you like to have the Examiner? ⁸

William H Fox Talbot Esq^r
R^nd M^r Barnes's
Castleford
Ferrybridge