'23 Hans Place, Thursday, November 23 (1815).

'SIR,--My brother's note last Monday has been so fruitless, that I am
afraid there can be but little chance of my writing to any good
effect; but yet I am so very much disappointed and vexed by the delays
of the printers, that I cannot help begging to know whether there is
no hope of their being quickened. Instead of the work being ready by
the end of the present month, it will hardly, at the rate we now
proceed, be finished by the end of the next; and as I expect to leave
London early in December, it is of consequence that no more time
should be lost. Is it likely that the printers will be influenced to
greater dispatch and punctuality by knowing that the work is to be
dedicated, by permission, to the Prince Regent? If you can make that
circumstance operate, I shall be very glad. My brother returns
"Waterloo" with many thanks for the loan of it. We have heard much of
Scott's account of Paris. {130} If it be not incompatible with other
arrangements, would you favour us with it, supposing you have any set
already opened? You may depend upon its being in careful hands.

'I remain, Sir, your obt. humble Set.
'J. AUSTEN.'

'Hans Place, December 11 (1815).

'DEAR SIR,--As I find that "Emma" is advertised for publication as
early as Saturday next, I think it best to lose no time in settling
all that remains to be settled on the subject, and adopt this method
as involving the smallest tax on your time.