If this fancy fhould hold, of taxing me with all papers that come out, and at the fame time I should take a fancy to be a writer, I fhall be discovered when I have no mind, for it will be only to catechife me whenever I am fufpected. I LETTER III. MR. FAULKNER, DESIRE Mrs. Pilkington will deliver you the papers relating to Gulliver, which I left with her husband. For, fince you intend to print a new edition of that book, I must tell you, that the English printer made feveral alterations which I much difapprove of, and cannot set them right without those papers. If I am not mistaken, Mr. Pilkington hath an edition of Gulliver, where the true original copy is interleaved in manuscript; I defire I may also fee that book. LETTER IV. To his Grace the Lord Archbishop of MY LORD, Dublin, August 14,1735. T mous printer, goes in an hour to fee Kilkenny and Cashel, to gather up his country debts. Ten to one your grace may owe him a dozen fhillings, and your town coffee-houfe (if you have one) a dozen more. But his pretences to me for writing, are the honour of being admitted to your grace by a line in my hand. I am not in fear of his fhaming me as others have done; however, I would not have you leave your manufcripts fcattered about your room, for he would be terribly tempted to beg them, and return them back next winter in four volumes, as he served me; although Ì never let him touch or fee one. He has the name of an honeft man, and hath good fenfe and behaviour. I have or * Dr. Theophilus Bolton. dered dered him to mark narrowly whatever you are doing, as a prelate, an architect, a country gentleman, a politician, and an improver; and to bring me a faithful account when he returns; but chiefly about your health, and what exercife you make ufe of to increase or preferve it. But he is in hafte to be gone, and I am forced to conclude. I am, with the greatest respect, My lord, your grace's Moft obedient humble fervant, J. SWIFT. V. LETTER To the Right Honourable Lord Howth. MY LORD, T2me Dublin, August 14,1735. HE bearer, Mr. Faulkner, came to me juft an hour before he was taking a journey to Kilkenny, and Cabell, and defired I would write by him to your lordship, and the archbishop, only to let your lordship know, that he is an honeft Dd 3 man, man, and the chief printer, and that Į know him and treat him with indulgence, because I cannot help it. For although he printed what I never would have done, yet he got the confent of my friends, and fo I fhall get nothing by being angry with him. He hopeth, as a citizen, to be admitted to you lords and ladies in the country, and I am contented you shall make him welcome; but take care you put no manuscripts in his hands; otherwife, perhaps there will be the works of the Right Hon. &c. and of my lady and the † giant, neatly bound, next winter. My lady Achefon hath not been well fince fhe left the town; but her mother is almost perfectly cured, except the lofs of her eye. I owe my lady Howth a letter, I believe. I defire my moft humble fervice to her and the giant I have time to say no more, but, that I am. Your lordship's most obedient servant,. + A very tall young lady, nearly related to lord Howth. LE T I LETTER VI. MR. FAULKNER, AM answering a letter I had from Mr. Pope, when I was at Cavan. My abfence and fickness, fince I retired, have hindered me from writing to him. He complains of his unluckynefs that you could never find him at home, which, he fays, fince his mother's death, he is often abfent from. I here will tranfcribe a paragraph which relates to you, and I defire you will return an answer to it, time enough for me to fend a letter tonight, and I will infert the fum of it. "As to his (Mr. Faulkner's) defign about my works, I beg you will defire him to poftpone it, until he fees the duodecimo edition of them here, with the first volume, published by Lintot: For, that joined to the reft by Gillever, will make the compleatest hitherto extant, and is revised by me. I guess they will be out about Christmas." * • Lawton Gillever, a Bookfeller. Dd 4 Pray |