LETTER204

letter204

charleslambtojohnscott

[p.m.(?feb.),1814.]

sir—yourexplanationisperfectlypleasanttome,andiaccedetoyourproposalmostwillingly.

asibeganwiththebeginningofthismonth,iwillifyoupleasecalluponyouforyourpartoftheengagement(supposingishallhaveperformedmine)onthe1stofmarchnext,andthenceforwardifitsuityouquarterly.—youwilloccasionallywinkatbriskets&veinypieces.

yourhble.svt.

c.lamb.

saturday.

[johnscott(1783-1821)weshallmeetlater,in1820,inconnectionwiththelondonmagazine,whichheediteduntilthefatalterminationofhisquarrelwithblackwood's.scotthadjustbecomeeditorofthechampion.

lamb'sonlycontributiontothechampionunderscott,whichcanbeidentified,istheessay"onthemelancholyoftailors,"butthereislittledoubtthathesuppliedmanyoftheextractsfromoldauthorswhichwereprintedfromtimetotime,andpossiblyoneortwocomiclettersalso.seetheletterofdec.12,1814.]