TALBOT844

Cambridge ¹
Feb^ry 19^th 1819.

I have spoken my declamation about the Christians, and shall not have any more to write. The smelling-bottle is indeed of a strange shape: it is not at all what I ordered. Tell C & H. ² their explanat[ion]³ is right. I suppose M^r Lamb ⁴ is sure of being returned. I saw an extract from “Human Life” ⁵ in the paper, which I did not think good. I have seen Campbell’s British Poëts ⁶ – what is thought of it? Let me know exactly when you go to Brighton: also when M^r F. ⁷ goes there, if he is going at all. Is he? Have you seen Kit ⁸ since he returned to Fulham? Let me have some family news. Will Richard ⁹ be in Town to execute my commissions, if I have any? Tell M^r F. I wish he would send me some money – 5 or 10 £. My love to him & Car. & Hor.

Y^r Aff^te Son
W. H. F. Talbot

Lady Elisabeth Feilding
31 Sackville S^t
London