Autograph letter fragment signed : place of writing unidentified, to an unidentified recipient, undated.

Expressing his concern that his serious ideas and convictions might be dismissed by his readers as frivolous on the basis of his satirical work and debating the advisability of therefore publishing under a pseudonym; noting that the recipient's praise for his books has done him "public as well as private good", and that he plans to hear the recipient speak at the Liberal Club.