TALBOT8779

Brompton
26 Dec^r 1863

Dear Sir,

I am glad you are come back to town, and hope I shall see you next week. We are unfortunately busy at my office, and I am working Sundays and holidays. My Museum is open all next week. I shall be at the Asiatic Society on Tuesday morning till one o’clock, to welcome our new Secretary who comes from Canterbury. It is D^r Rost, ¹ an old friend of mine, and a Semitic Scholar, whom I intend to press as an Assyriologue.

If you contrive to reach Michael’s Grove some evening after 7 o’clock, I should like to shew you the progress I am making with my dictionary, ² the papers are too bulky for conveniently carrying about.

I remain Dr S yours faithfully
Edwin Norris

H Fox Talbot Esq
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[envelope:]
H. Fox Talbot, Esq
Athenæum Club
Pall Mall
SW.