
Have you forgotten me—one of your earliest converts? ('Twas I who introduced your works to Ruskin.)
I have for many years I have harkened for a letter from you. Can you write me three or four lines? (It is not for the mere autograph I seek.)
My friend Carpenter—one of your best friends—has sent me a copy of his "Songs of Labour"; containing two pieces from your works. I suppose you have got a copy.
The verses I enclose were written by a journeyman boiler-maker, in 1871.
Wm Harrison Riley.P.S. I cannot express my feelings in this Commercial language, when writing to people I love, and do not try.
