"Kirkby, January 6. 1815.
"The marriage took place on the 2d instant: so pray make haste and
congratulate away.
"Thanks for the Edinburgh Review and the abolition of the print.
Let the next be from the _other_ of Phillips--I mean (_not_ the
Albanian, but) the original one in the exhibition; the last was
from the copy. I should wish my sister and Lady Byron to decide
upon the next, as they found fault with the last. _I_ have no
opinion of my own upon the subject.
"Mr. Kinnaird will, I dare say, have the goodness to furnish copies
of the Melodies[63], if you state my wish upon the subject. You may
have them, if you think them worth inserting. The volumes in their
collected state must be inscribed to Mr. Hobhouse, but I have not
yet mustered the expressions of my inscription; but will supply
them in time.
With many thanks for your good wishes, which have all been
realised, I remain, very truly, yours,
"BYRON."
[Footnote 63: The Hebrew Melodies which he had employed himself in
writing, during his recent stay in London.]
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