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LETTER303

CHARLESLAMBTOBERNARDBARTON

[Datedatend:23December1822.]

DearSir—Ihavebeensodistractedwithbusinessandonethingorother，Ihavenothadaquietquarterofanhourforepistolarypurposes.Christmastooise，whichalwaysputsarattleintomymorningscull.Itisavisitingunquietun-Quakerishseason.Igetmoreandmoreinlovewithsolitude，andproportionatelyhamperedwithpany.Ihopeyouhavesomeholydaysatthisperiod.Ihaveoneday，Christmasday，alas!toofewtomemoratetheseason.Allworkandnoplaydullsme.Companyisnotplay，butmanytimeshardwork.Toplay，isforamantodowhathepleases，ortodonothing—togoaboutsoothinghisparticularfancies.Ihavelivedtoatimeoflife，tohaveoutlivedthegoodhours，thenineoClocksuppers，withabrighthourortwotoclearupinafterwards.Nowyoucannotgetteabeforethathour，andthensitgaping，music-botheredperhaps，tillhalf-past12bringsupthetray，andwhatyoustealofconvivialenjoymentafter，isheavilypaidforinthedisquietofto-morrowshead.

IampleasedwithyourlikingJohnWoodvil，andamusedwithyourknowledgeofourdramabeingconfinedtoShakspeareandMissBailly.WhataworldoffineterritorybetweenLandsEndandJohnnyGrotshaveyoumissedtraversing.Ialmostenvyyoutohavesomuchtoread.IfeelasifIhadreadalltheBooksIwanttoread.OtoforgetFielding，Steele，&c.，andreademnew.

CanyoutellmealikelyplacewhereIcouldpickup，cheap，FoxsJournal?TherearenoQuakerCirculatingLibraries?Ellwood，too，Imusthave.IrathergrudgethatS[outhe]yhastakenupthehistoryofyourPeople.IamafraidhewillputinsomeLevity.IamafraidIamnotquiteexemptfromthatfaultincertainmagazineArticles，whereIhaveintroducedmentionoftheWeretheytodoagain，Iwouldreformthe

WhyshouldnotyouwriteapoeticalAccountofyouroldWorthies，deducingthemfromFoxtoWoolman?—butIrememberyoudidtalkofsomethinginthatkind，asacounterparttotheEcclesiasticalSketches.ButwouldnotaPoembemoreconsecutivethanastringofSonnets?YouhavenoMartyrsquitetotheFire，Ithink，amongyou.ButplentyofHeroicConfessors，Spirit-Martyrs—Lamb-Lions.—Thinkofit.

ItwouldbebetterthanaseriesofSonnetson"EminentBankers."—Ilikeahitatourwayoflife，thoitdoeswellforme，betterthananythingshortofallonestimetoonesself，forwhichaloneIranklewithenvyattherich.Booksaregood，andPicturesaregood，andMoneytobuythemthereforegood，buttobuyTIME!inotherwords，LIFE—

The"plimentsofthetimetoyou"shouldendmyletter;toaFriendIsupposeImustsaythe"sincerityoftheseason;"Ihopetheybothmeanthesame.Withexcusesforthishastilypenndnote，believemewithgreatrespect—

C.LAMB.

23dec.22.

[MissBaillywouldbeJoannaBaillie（1762-1851），authorofPlaysonthePassions.

ThecopyofFoxsJournal，1694，whichwaslenttoLambisnowinthepossessionoftheSocietyofFriends.Initiswritten:

"ThiscopyofGeorgeFoxsJournal，beingtheearliesteditionofthatwork，thepropertyofJohnT.ShewellofIpswich，islentforsixmonthstoCharlesLamb，attherequestofSamlAlexanderofNeedham，Ipswich，1stmo.41823."Lambhasadded:"ReturnedbyCharlesLamb，withintheperiod，withmanythankstotheLenderfortheverygreatsatisfactionwhichhehasderivedfromtheperusalofit."

SoutheywasmeditatingaLifeofGeorgeFoxandcorrespondedwithBartononthesubject.Hedidnotwritethebook.

BartonhadaplantoprovideWordsworthsEcclesiasticalSonnetswithaQuakerpendant.Hedidnotcarryitout.

HeremighteanundatedandunpublishedletterfromLambtoBasilMontagu，whichisoflittleinterestexceptasreferringtoMissJames，MaryLambsnurse.Lambsaysthatshewasoneoffoursisters，daughtersofaWelshclergyman，whoallbecamenursesatMrs.Warburtons，Hoxton，whither，Iimagine，MaryLambhadoftenretired.Mrs.Parsons，oneofthesisters，becameMaryLambsnursewhen，sometimeafterLambsdeath，shemovedto41AlphaRoad，Mrs.Parsonshouse.ThelateJohnHollingshead，great-nephewoftheseladies，saysinhisinterestingbook，MyLifetime，thattheirfatherwasrectorofBeguildy，inShropshire.]

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