Autograph letter signed : Pornic, to William Wetmore Story and Emelyn Story, 1862 October 1.

Writing that he and his party (his father, sister and son) will be leaving Pornic the next day, and that they expect to reach Paris by Friday and London a week afterwards; adding that he hopes they can see the Storys before they depart on another trip: "I rather fancy that we may, supposing that friends will continue to snatch at you, & that Chapman & his printers will not be more miraculously expeditious than usual"; adding that he is very happy to hear about the successful sale of some of William Story's statues; commenting on the political and military news from Italy and the United States; describing Pen: "he has taken his fifty-first good swim in the sea, -- is brick-coloured and broad-shouldered: he wants to see you all, as you may suppose -- you & Edie"; discussing publishing schedules: "Remember that the 'season,' for publishing, is terribly early in October: -- [John] Forster writes to me that he will not let the little collection of my things, which has been printed & ready more than two months ago, appear before 'the middle of November at the very earliest'" (probably a reference to Browning's Selections, published on December 22, 1862 with a 1863 date on the title page); sending love and "best regards" from Pen, his father, and his sister.