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réf. 1678 — Ashfield 5 Oct. 1826. Father of Catherine Head the author of work. Two pages 4to fold marks good condition. "Sir/ I have received safely the copies of the 2d. Vol of the Messiah and am very much pleased with their appearance the printing and paper are both excellent & the work seems in every way carefully executed-/ I have now only to request that you will have it well advertised phrase underlined which I should suppose the more necessary at present as London is so empty- I should wish it to be inserted 3 or 4 times in the John Bull the St. James's Chronicle and in the leading daily papers - and I trust you will also have it added to the lists of the works published by you as it appears to be customary -/ signature etc./postscript I do not know whether any notice of the Isr. vol appeared in any of the periodical publications except the Literary Gazette & the New Monthly Magazine - "If" excised The numbers of these latter publications which contained a review of the work page 2 I have already had - but should any other critic "ism" excised have appeared or should any notice be taken of this 2d. vol in any of the periodical publications I should be glad to see what is said & request you will send me the Number or Numbers in which it may be mentioned and place them to my account with you - I should except from this order the Quarterly Review which I take in myself -" Note: F.G. Klopstock "The seven first cantos of the Messiah: a poem . . . Translated into English verse by Miss Catharine Head" London 1826 2 vols. Ashfield, 5 Oct. 1826. unknown