| Teitl | Letter: Eyre Evans Crowe to William Pennel. Vittoria Colonna is printed and about to be published, though "Mr. Blackwood in his spleen...has printed it off without showing a sheet to me or any competent person...and to complete my confusion he has chosen to add the title of 'a Tale of Rome in the 19th century', poor Vittoria happening to go through her adventures in the 18th - so much for booksellers, and but that I seldon swear speaking or scribbling, I should be tempted to anathematize here a little". |