Autograph letter signed with initials : [London], to Richard Hengist Horne, [1843 October 30?].

Concerning an essay she has written for his book and comparing herself to a broom; saying "...you will conclude from certain facts, that I am very like a b̲r̲o̲o̲m̲! not L'd Brougham, . . who only does a li̲t̲t̲l̲e̲ of everything, - & not a wheeled brougham, . . which will stop when it is bidden - & not a new broom, . . which sweeps clean & has done with it - ! but that bewitched broom in the story; which, being sent to draw water, drew bucket after bucket, until the whole house was in a flood. Montaigne says somewhere, that to stop gracefully is a sure proof of high race in a horse. I wonder what not to stop at all is proof of, . . in horse man or . . . woman.! - ...you asked me to write four or five pages for your work, & that I have written what you see! - Well - take the sheets. I make you a present of them to cut into pieces . . abbreviate in any possible way, . . or put into the fire altogether, sh'd your judgment suggest that stronger measure - Indeed I did not mean to write so much - I did'nt think of writing your whole book for you!; giving him permission to use what she has written in whatever way he wants; adding "...I sign over my personality in them to you herewith. Would, it were better worth the having!"