Mrs. Thomas from her friend—the Author Mary Shelley

being the copy she made her corrections and additions in, for the Second Edition. Genoa, 1823.

My acquaintance with this very interesting person—arose from her being introduced to me under circumstances of so melancholy a nature (which attended her widowhood)—that it was impossible to refuse the aid asked of me—I gave her all I could and passed many delightful hours with

her at Albaro. She left Genoa a few months for England. I called on her in London in 1824—but as my friends disliked her Circle of Friends—and Mrs Shelley was then no longer in a Foreign Country helpless, pennyless, and broken hearted—I never returned again to her but I preserve this Book and her autograph notes to me—as at some future day they will be literary Curiosities.