The work appeared during the early part of 1836, and though it was received with much praise by his friends, and had many favorable reviews, the sale dragged. In October of the same year, Landor, in one of his letters to Forster, refers to an unfavorable review which appeared in _Blackwood_: "... I am not informed how long this Scotchman has been at work about me, but my publisher has advised me, that he loses £150. by my _Pericles_. So that it is probable the Edinburgh Areopagites have condemned me to a fine in my absence; for I never can allow any man to be a loser by me, and am trying to economise to the amount of this indemnity to Saunders and Otley...." The money was in fact paid back, and yet, curiously enough, as Forster relates, Landor not only forgot, three years later, that he had received a payment for the copyright, but even that he himself had sent back the money, and was making further remittances to satisfy the supposed loss. This was stopped by a statement from Mr. Saunders, to which Landor refers in a letter to Forster: "Never, in the course of my life, was I so surprised as at the _verification_ of my account with Saunders; for such it is. Certain I am that no part of the money was ever spent by me, nor can I possibly bring to mind either the receiving or the returning of it...." The first American edition of _Pericles and Aspasia_, in two volumes, was published by Carey, Philadelphia, 1839, the second English edition in 1849, and there have been frequent editions since, both in England and in America. Duodecimo. COLLATION: _Two Volumes._ Volume I: _viii, 299 pp._ Volume II: _viii, 343 pp._ CHARLES DICKENS (1812-1870) 78. The | Posthumous Papers | Of | The Pickwick Club. | By Charles Dickens. | With | Forty-three illustrations by R. Seymour and | Phiz. | London: | Chapman and Hall, 186, Strand. | MDCCCXXXVII. An advertisement in the _Times_ for March 26, 1836, reads: "THE PICKWICK PAPERS.--On the 31st of March will be published, to be continued monthly, price One Shilling, the first number of the Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, containing a faithful record of the Perambulations, Perils, Travels, Adventures, and Sporting Transactions of the Corresponding Members. Edited by Boz. Each monthly Part embellished with four Illustrations by Seymour. Chapman & Hall, 186 Strand, and of all booksellers."