MS. "Country Commissions by the Author of 'The Rejected Addresses." In the hand of Horatio [Horace] Smith.

Two pages, bifolium, 4to, fold marks and minor faint staining, good condition. An earlier draft of the satirical piece printed first in "Comic Miscellanies" (1840)(no other publication listed by LION, though one has to suspect an earlier periodical publication). Comparison with samples of Horatio's and James's hands (the latter is poorly represented by a hasty note in the BL collections) lead to my conclusion that Horatio wrote out this version in his neat hand with its flourishing capitals. There are many differences between this and the printed version: "Harborough" to the printed "Scarborough", line 2; "pleas'd " to "suit", line 4; "Please to give" to "Do give", line 9; "in the Islington Road" to "near the Islington Pound", line 12; "satin" to "sarcenet", line 19, etc etc. The final lines are headed ""Reply", to printed "Answer". Contemporary references include Don Juan (first published 1822) and Lord Byron, and a "velocipede" (OED 1819).