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Returned For A Tory

Borough, And Almost Within These Four Hours, To Mention Slight Affairs,

I Have Refused To Inscribe Myself A Member Of "The Conservative Club." I

Cannot Believe That You Will Place Your Critic's Feelings For A Few

Erased Passages Against My Permanent Interest.

 

 

 

But In Fact These Have Nothing To Do With The Question. To Convenience

You, I Have No Objection To Wash My Hands Of The Whole Business, And Put

You In Direct Communication With My Coadjutors. I Can Assure You That It

Is From No Regard For My Situation That Reform Was Omitted, But Because

They Are Of Opinion That Its Notice Would Be Unwise And Injurious. For

Myself, I Am Ready To Do Anything That You Can Desire, Except Entirely

Change My Position In Life.

 

 

 

I Will See Your Critic, If You Please, Or You Can Give Up The

Publication And Be Reimbursed, Which Shall Make No Difference In Our

Other Affairs. All I Ask In This And All Other Affairs, Are Candour And

Decision.

 

 

 

The Present Business Is Most Pressing. At Present I Am Writing A Chapter

On Poland From Intelligence Just Received, And It Will Be Ready For The

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Printer Tomorrow Morning, As I Shall Finish It Before I Retire. I Await

Your Answer With Anxiety.

 

 

 

Yours Truly,

 

 

 

B.D.

 

 

 

Mr. Disraeli Was Evidently Intent Upon The Immediate Publication Of His

Work. On The Following Day He Wrote Again To Mr. Murray:

 

 

 

_Mr. Disraeli To John Murray_.

 

 

 

_March_ 31, 1832.

 

 

 

My Dear Sir,

 

 

 

We Shall Have An Opportunity Of Submitting The Work To Count Orloff

Tomorrow Morning, In Case You Can Let Me Have A Set Of The Proofs

Tonight, I Mean As Far As We Have Gone. I Do Not Like To Send Mine,

Which Are Covered With Corrections.

 

 

 

Yours Truly, B.D.

 

 

 

_Mr. Disraeli To John Murray_. _Monday Morning_, 9 _O'clock [April_ 2].

 

 

 

Dear Sir,

 

 

 

Since I Had The Honour Of Addressing You The Note Of Last Night, I Have

Seen The Baron. Our Interview Was Intended To Have Been A Final One, And

It Was Therefore Absolutely Necessary That I Should Apprize Him Of All

That Had Happened, Of Course Concealing The Name Of Your Friend. The

Baron Says That The Insertion Of The Obnoxious Passages Is Fatal To All

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His Combinations; That He Has Devoted Two Months Of The Most Valuable

Time To This Affair, And That He Must Hold Me Personally Responsible For

The Immediate Fulfilment Of My Agreement, Viz.: To Ensure Its

Publication When Finished.

 

 

 

We Dine At The Same House Today, And I Have Pledged Myself To Give Him A

Categorical Reply At That Time, And To Ensure Its Publication By Some

Mode Or Other.

 

 

 

Under These Principal Circumstances, My Dear Sir, I Can Only State That

The Work Must Be Published At Once, And With The Omission Of All

Passages Hostile To Reform; And That If You Are Unwilling To Introduce

It In That Way, I Request From Your Friendliness Such Assistance As You

Can Afford Me About The Printer, Etc., To Occasion Its Immediate

Publication In Some Other Quarter.

 

 

 

After What Took Place Between Myself And My Coadjutor Last Night, I

Really Can Have For Him Only One Answer Or One Alternative, And As I

Wish To Give Him The First, And Ever Avoid The Second, I Look Forward

With Confidence To Your Answer.

 

 

 

B.D.

 

 

 

Mr. Disraeli Next Desires To Have A Set Of The Proofs To Put Into The

Hands Of The Duke Of Wellington:

 

 

 

_Mr. Disraeli To John Murray_,

 

 

 

_April_ 6, 1832.

 

 

 

My Dear Sir,

 

 

 

I Have Just Received A Note, That If I Can Get A Set Of Clean Proofs By

Sunday, They Will Be Put In The Duke's Hands Preliminary To The Debate.

I Thought You Would Like To Know This. Do You Think It Impossible? Let

This Be Between Us. I Am Sorry To Give You All This Trouble, But I Know

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Your Zeal, And The Interest You Take In These Affairs. I Myself Will

Never Keep The Printer, And Engage When The Proofs Are Sent Me To

Prepare Them For The Press Within An Hour.

 

 

 

Yours,

 

 

 

B.D.

 

 

 

_Mr. Disraeli To John Murray_.

 

 

 

My Dear Sir,

 

 

 

I Am Very Glad To Receive The Copy. I Think That One Should Be Sent To

The Editor Of The _Times_ As Quickly As Possible; That At Least He

Should Not Be Anticipated In The Receipt, Even If In The _Notice_, By A

Sunday Paper. But I Leave All This To Your Better Judgment. You Will

Send Copies To Duke Street As Soon As You Have Them.

 

 

 

B.D.

 

 

 

After The Article In The _Times_ Had Appeared, Baron De Haber, A

Mysterious German Gentleman Of Jewish Extraction, Who Had Taken Part In

The Production Of "Gallomania," Wrote To Mr. Murray:

 

 

 

_Baron De Haber To John Murray_.

 

 

 

2 _Mai_, 1832.

 

 

 

Mon Cher Monsieur,

 

 

 

J'espere Que Vous Serez Content De L'article De _Times_ Sur La

"Gallomania." C'est Un Grand Pas De Fait. Il Serait Utile Que Le

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_Standard_ Et Le _Morning Post_ Le Copie En Entier, Avec Des

Observations Dans Son Sens. C'est A Vous, Mon Cher Monsieur Murray, De

Soigner Cet Objet. J'ai Infiniment Regrette De Ne M'etre Pas Trouve Chez

Moi Hier, Lorsque Vous Etes Venu Me Voir, Avec L'aimable Mr. Lockhart.

 

 

 

Tout A Vous,

 

 

 

De H.

 

 

 

_Baron De Haber To John Murray_.

 

 

 

_Vendredi_.

 

 

 

Mon Cher Monsieur Murray,

 

 

 

Vous Desirez Dans L'interet De L'ouvrage Faire Mentionner Dans Le

_Standard_ Que Le _Times_ D'aujourd'hui Paroit Etre Assez D'accord Avec

L'auteur De La "Gallomania" Sur M. Thiers, Esperant Que De Jour En Jour

Il Reviendra Aux Idees De Cet Auteur.

 

 

 

Il Seroit Aussi Convenable De Dire Que La _Prophetie_ Dans La Lettre A

_My Lord Grey_ Etait Assez Juste: Allusion--"In Less Than A Month We

Shall No Doubt Hear Of Their _Warm_ Reception In The Provinces, And Of

Some Gratifying, Perhaps Startling, Demonstrations Of National

Gratitude." Voyez, Mon Cher Monsieur, Comme Depuis 8 Jours Ces Pauvres

Deputes Qui Ont Vote Pour Le Ministre Sont Traites, Si Vous Etes A La

Maison Ce Soir, Dites-Le-Moi, Je Desire Vous Parler. Dinez-Vous

Chez-Vous?

 

 

 

Votre Devoue,

 

 

 

De H.

 

 

 

The Following Announcement Was Published By Mr. Disraeli In Reply To

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Certain Criticisms Of His Work:

 

 

 

"I Cannot Allow Myself To Omit Certain Observations Of My Able Critic

Without Remarking That Those Omissions Are Occasioned By No

Insensibility To Their Acuteness.

 

 

 

"Circumstances Of Paramount Necessity Render It Quite Impossible That

Anything Can Proceed From My Pen Hostile To The General Question Of

_Reform_.

 

 

 

"Independent However Of All Personal Considerations, And Viewing The

Question Of Reform For A Moment In The Light In Which My Critic

Evidently Speculates, I Would Humbly Suggest That The Cause Which He

Advocates Would Perhaps Be More United In The Present Pages By Being

Passed Over _In Silence_. It Is Important That This Work Should Be A

Work Not Of _Party_ But Of National Interest, And I Am Induced To

Believe That A Large Class In This Country, Who Think Themselves Bound

To Support The Present Administration From A Superficial Sympathy With

Their Domestic Measures, Have Long Viewed Their Foreign Policy With

Distrust And Alarm.

 

 

 

"If The Public Are At Length Convinced That Foreign Policy, Instead Of

Being An Abstract And Isolated Division Of The National Interests, Is In

Fact The Basis Of Our Empire And Present Order, And That This Basis

Shakes Under The Unskilful Government Of The Cabinet, The Public May Be

Induced To Withdraw Their Confidence From That Cabinet Altogether.

 

 

 

"With This Exception, I Have Adopted All The Additions And Alterations

That I Have Yet Had The Pleasure Of Seeing Without Reserve, And I Seize

This Opportunity Of Expressing My Sense Of Their Justness And Their

Value.

 

 

 

"_The Author Of 'Gallomania_.'" [Footnote: Several References Are Made

To "Contarini Fleming" And "Gallomania" In "Lord Beaconsfield's Letters

To His Sister," Published In 1887.]

 

 

 

The Next Person Whom We Shall Introduce To The Reader Was One Who Had

But Little In Common With Mr. Benjamin Disraeli, Except That, Like Him,

He Had At That Time Won Little Of That World-Wide Renown Which He Was

Afterwards To Achieve. This "Writer Of Books," As He Described Himself,

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