MY Booksellers inform'd me, lately, that several inquiries had been made for _My Night-Gown and Slippers_,--but that every copy had been sold;--they had been out of print these two years.--"Then publish them again," said I, boldly,--(I print at my own risk)--and with an air of triumph. Messrs. Cadell and Davies advise'd me to make additions.--"The _Work_ is, really, too short," said Messrs. Cadell and Davies,--"I wish, gentlemen," return'd I, "my readers were of your opinion."--"I protest, Sir," said they, (and they asserted it, both together, with great emphasis,) "you have but _Three Tales_."--I told them, carelessly, it was enough for the greatest _Bashaw_, among modern poets, and wish'd …
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