Autograph letter signed : Bath, to James Burney, 1815 November 22.

Asking about the progress of his work on the fourth volume of A Chronological History of the Voyages and Discoveries in the South Sea; adding that she is not caught up on it and means to "go over it from the beginning, that I may have the connexions & allusions clear from all ambiguity. M. d'A. having the earliest part, from his translation, nearly by heart, will only recommence with me at the end of the narrative of Magalhanes [Magellan]"; telling him that they have found lodgings in Great Stanhope Street; describing the advantages of their new home and the walks and views nearby; discussing the state of Monsieur d'Arblay's health and the medical treatment he is receiving: "[H]e would never bring himself to try what repose would do, till he was scientifically assured he could never get well without it. He will now, I trust, forbear going abroad till he is ordered to the pump room. I, also, shall then take the Waters, as I am informed they are very fortifying & may do me considerable service after the shake of my various harrasses"; mentioning that Bath has few visitors at the moment, but that they see her niece Sophia Burney often and they have been discovered by Augusta Martin (daughter of William and Frederica Locke), whose husband George is also taking the waters; mentioning that she has not heard from her son Alex in a fortnight and she is worried about him: "Were he more like other people, I, also, might more resemble my neighbours: but he seemed an Exotic in France, from having been born in England; he seems so also in England, from having been bred in France! -- yet the amalgamation, could he steady his pursuits, might cause him to figure to advantage, & with approbation, in either Country"; adding that they had excellent reports initially from Alex's tutor Reverend Benedict Chapman about his first days back at Cambridge, but have had no news for some time; sending her love to family members, including Sarah Harriet Burney ("the little Aunt").