It is our painful duty to declare, aloud, if that be necessary, that his gift, as weighed against the hard money which the booksellers demand for giving it you, is (in our judgment) very much the lighter.

No portion, accordingly, of our small floating capital has been embarked in the business, or ever shall be.

Indeed, were we in the market for such a thing, there is simply no edition of Boswell to which this last would seem preferable,"] Ever yours T.B.M.
To Hannah M.Macaulay.
London: September 13, 1831.
My dear Sister,--I am in high spirits at the thought of soon seeing you all in London, and being again one of a family, and of a family which I love so much.

It is well that one has something to love in private life; for the aspect of public affairs is very menacing;--fearful, I think, beyond what people in general imagine.

Three weeks, however, will probably settle the whole, and bring to an issue the question, Reform or Revolution.