I decided at once to
accept his offer, thinking it a more favorable winding up of our
account than I could otherwise look for; as Mr. Carey knows much
better how to defend himself from pirates than I do. So I am to
publish that his edition is edited with your concurrence. Our
own remaining copies of entire sets I shall sell at once to
Monroe, at a reduced price, and the odd volumes I think to
dispose of by giving them a new and independent title-page. In
the circumstances of the trade here, I think Mr. Carey's offer a
very liberal one, and he is reputed in his dealings eminently
just and generous.
My friend William Furness, who has corresponded with me on
Carey's behalf, has added now another letter to say that Mr.
Carey wishes to procure a picture of Mr. Carlyle to be engraved
for this edition. "He understands there is a good head by
Laurence, and he wishes to employ some London artist to make a
copy of it in oil or water colors, or in any way that will
suffice for the engraver; and he proposes to apply to Mr.
Carlyle for permission through Inman the American artist who is
now in England.
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