TALBOT842

Jan^y 11^th
1819

My dear Henry

Your book tho’ sent from Town the 27^th Dec^r did not reach me for a long time. I like it very much but more particularly your kind remembrance. I think your critique of it very just – I should think the engraver was a man whose mind was not much elevated refined by the company he associated with & that his talents paid him but indifferently – is it that he meets with little encouragement? or is he idle & dissolute

Kit ¹ goes tomorrow to Fulham as much against grain as usual – however Easter promises a break in the dismal prospect of absence & I wish you could afford time to accompany him when he comes down here. Your Cousins ² have got Colds & sore throats but not of a lasting sort I hope, they were well enough on Twelfth night to demolish the Cake & dance very merrily to J: Georges ³ poor fiddle – on these occasions we always wish for you as one of the family – I suppose this will find you returned to Cambridge ⁴ but [illegible] fear doubt I shall direct it to Sackville Street ⁵ – does your Mother & M^r F: ⁶ keep their intention of going to France this spring? –

I am aff^ly your Aunt
M: L: Cole

Henry Talbot Esq^r
31 Sackville St
London