AMELIA

1p., 4to. Good, on lightly aged and creased paper. The recipient is tentatively identified as Nathan in pencil, and considering the reference to Africa his identity cannot be doubted. The book referred to is named in another hand as 'End of a chapter by Shane Leslie'. Her niece Dorothy gave her Leslie's book to read and then return to the recipient. 'I think it extraordinarily interesting, and do not feel at all so "superior" over it as Dorothy does!

2pp., 12mo. 27 lines. E. H. Sieveking was the son of Amalie Sieveking's brother Edward, who in his youth had settled in England as a merchant. In the letter she requests her nephew's assistance in the case of Miss Lempfert, 'as you are her only personal acquaintance in London'. She writes: 'I hope, you will remember her; but to help your memory, I will mention to you, that during your stay at Hamburgh she was living with her friend, Emma Poel [(1811-1891), her future biographer, see below]. If I am not mistaken, you had once or twice an interesting conversation with her.