" This bringing out of our little book was hard work. As was to be expected neither we nor our poems were at all wanted ; but for this we had been prepared at the outset ; though inexperienced ourselves, we had read the experience of others. The great puzzle lay in the difficulty of getting answers of any kind from the publishers to whom we applied. Being greatly harassed by this obstacle, I ventured to apply to the Messrs. Chambers of Edinburgh for a word of advice : they may have forgotten the circumstance, but / have not ; for from them I received a brief and business-like but civil and sensible reply, on which we acted, and at last made a way." *

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