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LETTER187

CHARLESLAMBTOJOHNMATHEWGUTCH

[April9th，1810.]

DearGutch，—Ididnotseeyourbrother，whobroughtmeWither;butheunderstood，hesaid，youweredailyexpectingtoetotown:thishaspreventedmywriting.Thebookshavepleasedmeexcessively:Ishouldthinkyoucouldnothavemadeabetterselection.Ineversaw"Philaretè"before—judgeofmypleasure.Icouldnotforbearscribblingcertaincritiquesinpencilontheblankleaves.ShallIsendthem，ormayIexpecttoseeyouintown?SomeofthemareremarksonthecharacterofWitherandofhiswritings.Doyoumeantohaveanythingofthatkind?WhatIhavesaidon"Philaretè"ispoor，butIthinksomeoftherestnotsobad:perhapsIhaveexceededmymissioninscrawlingoverthecopies;butmydelightthereinmustexcuseme，andpencil-markswillrubout.WhereistheLife?Write，forIamquiteinthedark.Yours，withmanythanks，

C.LAMB.

PerhapsIcoulddigestthefewcritiquesprefixedtotheSatires，ShepherdsHunting，&c.，intoashortabstractofWitherscharacterandworks，attheendofhisLife.But，maybe，youdontwantanything，andhavesaidallyouwishintheLife.

[JohnMathewGutch（1776-1861），whomwehavemetbefore，wasatthistimelivingatBristol，whereheowned，editedandprintedFelixFarleysBristolJournal.HehadbeenprintingforhisownpleasureaneditionofGeorgeWitherspoems，whichhehadsenttoLambforhisopinion，intendingultimatelytoeditWitherfully.Lambreturnedthevolumeswithanumberofments，manyofwhichheafterwardsincorporatedinhisessay"OnthepoetryofGeorgeWither，"printedinhisWorksin1818.GutchsubsequentlyhandedthevolumestohisfriendDr.JohnNottoftheHotWells，Bristol，whohadviewsofhisownuponWither，andwhomentedinhisturnonthepoetandonLambscriticismofthepoet.IncourseoftimethevolumesfellintoLambshandsagain，whenNottsmentsonWitherandonLambreceivedtreatment.TheywereultimatelygivenbyLambtohisfriendBrookPulhamoftheIndiaHouse（whomadethecaricatureetchingof"?lia"）andarenowinthepossessionofMr.A.C.Swinburne，whotoldthestoryofthebookintheNineteenthCenturyforJanuary，1885，reprintedinhisMiscellanies，1886.SomepassagesfromthatarticlewillbefoundinthenotestoLambsessayonWitherinVol.I.ofthepresentedition.ThelastwordwaswithNott，forwhenGutchprintedathree-orfour-volumeeditionofWitherin1820，underNottseditorship，manyofLambsbestthingswereincludedasNotts.]

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