Letter on blue writing paper addressed to the publisher G.B Payne

To G.B. Payne: just before an unplanned and rushed trip back to Paris. Mentioned is the poetry edition by Thomas Hood, illustrated by G. G. Doré, edited by G. B. Payne, published by E. Moxon, London 1870. " I arrived in London about twelve days ago, where I hardly stopped at first because I left to visit the English provinces (Bristol, Clifton, etc.,…