2379. Robert Southey to Grosvenor Charles Bedford, 18 February 1814 ⁠* 

My dear Grosvenor

You have here two books of Roderick, [1]  – let the Docstor have them as soon as you can. – And when you have cast your eye over the Ode [2]  (if you have not seen it before) put a cover upon it, & dispatch it by the three-penny post to Streatham, – to my Uncle for whom I have thus transcribed it.

I x am looking every day for Rosenhagens frank [3]  with the former books, – pray send them with as little delay as can be made to suit your convenience, – for the printer is close upon them, & they will require a few days of reconsideration here.

The 14^th book [4]  is finished but not transcribed

RS.

Feb^y. 18. 1814.