38/41 But who are your other foemen ?' 'George Ellis and Southey.' The other he did not name. All this was in great good humour; and next day I had a very affecting note from him, in answer to an invitation to dinner. He has no suspicion of the _Review_ whatever." In the meantime, Mr.Murray continued to look out for further contributors. Mr.James Mill, of the India House, in reply to a request for assistance, wrote: "You do me a great deal of honour in the solicitude you express to have me engaged in laying the foundation stone of your new edifice, which I hope will be both splendid and durable; and it is no want of zeal or gratitude that delays me. But this ponderous Geography, a porter's, or rather a horse's load, bears me down to a degree you can hardly conceive. |