190—to R.C. Dallas
Newstead Abbey, Sept. 17, 1811.
Dear Sir,—I have just discovered some pages of observations on the modern Greeks, written at Athens by me, under the title of
Noctes Atticæ
. They will do to
cut up
into notes, and to be
cut up
afterwards, which is all that notes are generally good for. They were written at Athens, as you will see by the date.
Yours ever,
B.
