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A Publisher and His Friends

CHAPTER XXI
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CROKER.
Mr.Croker also consented to edit the letters of Mrs.Delany to Mr.
Hamilton, 1779-88, containing many anecdotes relating to the Royal Family.
_Mr.Croker to John Murray_.
"I have shown Mrs.Delany's MS.

letters to the Prince Regent; he was much entertained with this revival of old times in his recollection, and _he says that every word of it is true_.

You know that H.R.H.has a wonderful memory, and particularly for things of that kind.

His certificate of Mrs.Delany's veracity will therefore be probably of some weight with you.

As to the letter-writing powers of Mrs.Delany, the specimen inclines me to doubt.


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