. Memorials of Thomas l of sleep, has revived me. Myhead is clear (to begin with the authors index) ; thefever heat is gone — so are the musicals — the whistlingsand wheezings; and I cough seldom. Heart quitequiet; this time it seems to have been blameless. Onthe whole, more comfortable than for some time whilethe attack was breeding. I heard the other day the following fact — very credit-able to the humbler class of readers. Holywell Street,Strand, is the head-quarters for cheap, blasphemous, andobscene publications, including the French. The chiefman there is one , but who has besides
. Memorials of Thomas l of sleep, has revived me. Myhead is clear (to begin with the authors index) ; thefever heat is gone — so are the musicals — the whistlingsand wheezings; and I cough seldom. Heart quitequiet; this time it seems to have been blameless. Onthe whole, more comfortable than for some time whilethe attack was breeding. I heard the other day the following fact — very credit-able to the humbler class of readers. Holywell Street,Strand, is the head-quarters for cheap, blasphemous, andobscene publications, including the French. The chiefman there is one , but who has besides a more legit-imate trade in distributing the periodicals among theminor dealers. To engage his services in this line, the proprietor of the N T , just starting, called on him, when asked if it was to be respectable (^. e. not immoral), as otherwise he would have nothing to do MEMORIALS OF THOMAS HOOD. 225 with it: they had tried the other line, but it did not an-swer — it did not take. Yours very truly, Thomas THE GERMAN DWARFS. 10* o 226 MEMORIALS OF THOMAS HOOD. CHAPTER VII. The Christmas of 1844, and the Spring of 1845. Devonshire Lodge, New Finchley Road. — Letter to Mr. Broderip. —Confined to his Bed by accumulating Illnesses. — The Bust and Por-trait. — His Last Stanzas. — His Last Letter, addressed to Sir — Sir R. Peels Answer. — His Last Illness. — Great Kindnessand Attention from Strangers as well as Friends. — His Patience. —His Religious Sentiments. — Given over by his Physicians. — HisSufferings during his final Attack. — His Death. — His Funeral. —.His WiU. Devonshire Lodge, New Finchley Road, St. Johns Wood, Saturday (in bed). My dear Sir,I ought to have sooner acknowledged the receipt ofyour note, with an explanation of the cause of the errorsyou alluded to. The truth is, though it may seem veryinconsistent with my doings in the Magazine, for the lasttwo months (say from the 15th November) I have beenconfined
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