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“TheWorksofCharlesandMaryLamb—Volume6（.shg.tw）”

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LETTER292

CHARLESLAMBTOJOHNHOWARDPAYNE

[Autumn，1822.]

DearPayne—Afriendandfellow-clerkofmine，Mr.White（agoodfellow）ingtoyourparts，Iwouldfainhaveacpaniedhim，butamforcedinsteadtosendapartofme，verseandprose，mostofitfrom20to30yearsold，suchasIthenwas，andIamnotmuchaltered.

Paris，whichIhardlyknewwhetherIlikedwhenIwasinit，isanobjectofnosmallmagnitudewithmenow.Iwanttobegoing，totheJardindesPlantes（isthatright，Louisa?）withyoutoPeredelaChaise，LaMorgue，andallthesentimentalities.HowisTalma，andhis（my）dearShakspeare?

N.B.—MyfriendWhiteknowsParisthoroughly，anddoesnotwantaguide.Wedid，andhadone.Webothjoininthanks.DoyourememberaBlue-SilkGirl（English）attheLuxembourg，thatdidnotmuchseemtoattendtothePictures，whofellinlovewithyou，andwhomIfellinlovewith—aninquisitive，prying，curiousBeauty—whereisshe?

VotreTrèsHumbleServiteur，

CHARLOISAGNEAU，

aliasC.LAMB.

Guichyiswell，andmuchasusual.Heseemsblindtoallthedistinctionsoflife，excepttothoseofsex.RemembrancetoKennyandPoole.

[JohnHowardPayne（1792-1852）wasborninNewYork.Hebeganlifeasanactorin1809asYoungNorvalin"

Douglas，"

andmadehisEnglishdébutin1813inthesamepart.ForseveralyearshelivedeitherinLondonorParis，whereamonghisfriendswereWashingtonIrvingandTalma.Hewroteanumberofplays，andinoneofthem，"

Clari，ortheMaidofMilan，"

isthesong"

Home，SweetHome，"

withBishopsmusic，onwhichhisimmortalityrests.PaynediedinTunis，wherehewasAmericanConsul，in1852，andwhenin1883hewasreinterredatWashington，itwasastheauthorof"

Home，SweetHome."

Heseemstohavebeenacharmingbutill-starredman，whomtoknowwastolove.

Mr.WhitewasEdwardWhiteoftheIndiaHouse，bywhomLambprobablysentacopyofthe1818editionofhisWorks.LouisawasLouisaHolcroft.GuichywaspossiblytheFrenchman，mentionedbyCrabbRobinson，withwhomtheLambshadtravelledtoFrance.Poolewas，Iimagine，JohnPoole，thedramatist，authorofburlesqueplaysintheLondonMagazineandlaterof"

PaulPry，"

which，itisquitelikely，hebasedonLambssketch"

TomPry."

]