Such will be one of your employments, sir,--such the terms.

In the second place, you will be expected to make yourself useful in the Review--generally useful, sir--doing whatever is required of you; for it is not customary, at least with me, to permit writers, especially young writers, to choose their subjects.

In these two departments, sir, namely compilation and reviewing, I had yesterday, after due consideration, determined upon employing you.

I had intended to employ you no farther, sir--at least for the present; but, sir, this morning I received a letter from my valued friend in the country, in which he speaks in terms of strong admiration (I don't overstate) of your German acquirements.

Sir, he says that it would be a thousand pities if your knowledge of the German language should be lost to the world, or even permitted to sleep, and he entreats me to think of some plan by which it may be turned to account.
Sir, I am at all times willing, if possible, to oblige my worthy friend, and likewise to encourage merit and talent; I have, therefore, determined to employ you in German.' 'Sir,' said I, rubbing my hands, 'you are very kind, and so is our mutual friend; I shall be happy to make myself useful in German; and if you think a good translation from Goethe--his _Sorrows_ for example, or more particularly his _Faust_--' 'Sir,' said the publisher, 'Goethe is a drug; his _Sorrows_ are a drug, so is his _Faustus_, more especially the last, since that fool--rendered him into English.