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296 following their example, though it must be allowed to be a great concession in one of her noble blood to write a book at a common price, to be had at a circulating library, and which even a dirty artizan might read. She remembered, when a girl, seeing a short poem written by the beautiful Duchess of Devonshire, for which her papa gave three guineas; she did not suppose there was a single copy sold in the city or the country, so that her grace had really the satisfaction of knowing that her beautiful hotpressed folio was opened alone by courtly hands. "It was true the verses themselves got into all the newspapers, for they get hold of every thing." Having made up her mind to do the thing, Lady Anne assumed at once the rights and privileges of her order; she beautified her dressing-room as far as was necessary for the reception of the élite amongst the class she meant to honour with her acquaintance; she consulted the publisher, who boasted the most extensive intimacy with persons of rank, on the subject, and was told that her work must be three volumes long, and no longer. "I never thought of making it longer; but I think I shall be tired when I have finished two, otherwise I could write a dozen." "Your ladyship can bring out two or three series, but each must be three volumes; any thing short of that would not pay." As pay was Lady Anne's object, and poor Georgiana