Translated from the German.

London: W.Simpkin and R.Marshall, 1825.
I doubt very much if he really knew who was the author, as the book in both the German editions I have seen as well as in the French version bears no author's name on its title-page.

A letter of Borrow's in the possession of an American collector indicates that he was back in Norwich in September 1825, after, we may assume, three months' wandering among gypsies and tinkers.

It is written from Willow Lane, and is apparently to the publishers of _Faustus_: As your bill will become payable in a few days, I am willing to take thirty copies of _Faustus_ instead of the money.

The book has been _burnt_ in both the libraries here, and, as it has been talked about, I may perhaps be able to dispose of some in the course of a year or so.
This letter clearly demonstrates that the guileless Simpkin and the equally guileless Marshall had paid Borrow for the right to publish _Faustus_, and even though part of the payment was met by a bill, I think we may safely find in the transaction whatever verity there may be in the Joseph Sell episode.