9/26 Could he possibly wish, or bear, to, have anything altered? Her aim, in the teeth of her independent style, was at the means of independence--a feminine method of attempting to conciliate contraries; and after despatching the last sheets to the printer, he meditated upon the several ways which might serve to, assist her; the main way running thus in his mind:--We have a work of genius. What is good for the public should be recommended by the critics. How then to come at them to, get it done? |