The life and letters of William Cobbett in England & America, based upon hitherto unpublished family papers . u that you have been toParis. I agree with you, my dear Johnny ; and whileI hear, with great satisfaction, the praises bestowed uponJamess book,^ I am anxious that you should standbefore the public for what you are worth, which, I amsure, is a great deal. The docility of my dear Johnnymakes me less positive in offering him my advice ; yet,as that advice has succeeded so well with James, I shallventure to press it. Besides the stock of reputation,Jamess book will bring him a clear £200
The life and letters of William Cobbett in England & America, based upon hitherto unpublished family papers . u that you have been toParis. I agree with you, my dear Johnny ; and whileI hear, with great satisfaction, the praises bestowed uponJamess book,^ I am anxious that you should standbefore the public for what you are worth, which, I amsure, is a great deal. The docility of my dear Johnnymakes me less positive in offering him my advice ; yet,as that advice has succeeded so well with James, I shallventure to press it. Besides the stock of reputation,Jamess book will bring him a clear £200 ; and this is,as all the world sees, only a sign of what he will be capableof. My advice to you is this : To stay at Paris tiU theaffair of the book be nicely settled, as above, or in anyway that you and Doctor Martin may agree upon. Thento buy a horse, and travel as James did; for, I assureyou, that this mode of travelling has excited a great dealof admiration. Your account should be in a series ofletters to James. This manner is the best of all. It James Cobbetts Ride of Eight Hundred Miles in LITERATURE AND POLITICS 207 allows of more minute detail; more gaiety, for whichyou are so well calculated; more of that humour indescription, of that vivacity, and that bringing of thereader into your company, which are always so know of nobody more likely to shine in such a your Letters would not overlook the more solidmatter. You would, as you went along, give an accountof the state of the people, of prices, of agriculture, manu-factures, and the like. As to your route, it will be timeenough for me to talk of that when you shall have agreedto follow my plan ; but this much I can say now: Iwould go in a sort of sweep across the north of Franceinto the Netherlands ; then down into Holland, or somepart of it; then along by Dunkirk to Calais. Youwould, of course, begin with an account of your journeyto the Limosin ; then of your journey back to Paris ;then g
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