"I have written to you twice lately. Mr. Davies, I hear, is arrived. He brings the original MS. which you wished to see. Recollect that the printing is to be from that which Mr. Shelley brought; and recollect, also, that the concluding stanzas of Childe Harold (those to my _daughter_) which I had not made up my mind whether to publish or not when they were _first_ written (as you will see marked on the margin of the first copy), I had (and have) fully determined to publish with the rest of the Canto, as in the copy which you received by Mr. Shelley, before I sent it to England. "Our weather is very fine, which is more than the summer has been.--At Milan I shall expect to hear from you. Address either to Milan, _poste restante_, or by way of Geneva, to the care of Monsr. Hentsch, Banquier. I write these few lines in case my other letter should not reach you: I trust one of them will. "P.S. My best respects and regards to Mr. Gifford. Will you tell him it may perhaps be as well to put a short note to that part relating to _Clarens_, merely to say, that of course the description does not refer to that particular spot so much as to the command of scenery round it? I do not know that this is necessary, and leave it to Mr. G.'s choice, as my editor,--if he will allow me to call him so at this distance." * * * * * LETTER 249. TO MR. MURRAY. "Milan, October 15. 1816. "I hear that Mr. Davies has arrived in England,--but that of some letters, &c., committed to his care by Mr. H., only _half_ have been delivered. This intelligence naturally makes me feel a little anxious for mine, and amongst them for the MS., which I wished to have compared with the one sent by me through the hands of Mr. Shelley. I trust that _it_ has arrived safely,--and indeed not less so, that some little crystals, &c., from Mont Blanc, for my daughter and my nieces, have reached their address. Pray have the goodness to ascertain from Mr. Davies that no accident (by custom-house or loss) has befallen them, and satisfy me on this point at your earliest convenience. "If I recollect rightly, you told me that Mr. Gifford had kindly undertaken to correct the press (at my request) during my absence--at least I hope so. It will add to my many obligations to that gentleman.