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LETTER178

CHARLESLAMBTOMRS.CLARKSON

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WehavethismomentreceivedaverychearfulletterfromColeridge,whoisnowatGrasmere.ItcontainsaprospectusforanewweeklypublicationtobecalledTheFriend.Hesaystheyarewellthere,andingoodspirits&thathehasnotbeensowellforalongtime.

TheProspectusisofaweeklypaperofamiscellaneousnaturetobecalldtheFriend&toeout,thefirstnumber,thefirstSaturdayinJanuary.ThosewhorememberTheWatchmanwillnotbeverysanguineinexpectingaregularfulfillmentofthisProphecy.ButC.writesindelightfulspirits,&ifever,hemaynowdothisthing.IsupposehewillsendyouaProspectus.Ihadsomethoughtofinclosingmine.ButIwanttoshewitabout.MykindestremembrancetoMr.C.&thanksfortheturkey.

C.LAMB.

[Coleridge,afterdeliveringhislectures,hadgonetoBuryonavisittotheClarksons.HethenpassedontoGrasmere,toWordsworthsnewhouse,AllanBank,andsettleddowntoprojectTheFriend.

TomClarkson,withwhomMaryLambrobbedacherrytree,becameametropolitanmagistrate.Hediedin1837.

HereshouldealetterfromLambtoRobertLloyd,datedFebruary25,

1809.IttellsLloydwheretolookforLambwhenhereachedtown—at16

MitreCourtBuildings,whichheisleavingatLadyDay,orat2or4

InnerTempleLane."

DruryLaneTheatreisburnttotheground."

Robert

LloydspentashortwhileinLondoninthespringof1809andsawthe

Lambs,Godwin,CaptainBurney,JamesWhiteandotherpersons.His

letterstohiswifedescribingtheseexperiences,printedinCharles

LambandtheLloyds,areamusinglyfreshandenthusiastic.]

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