[Letter] 1866 Jan. 30, [to] H. [Henry] Reeve

                  Blackheath Park
                    Jan.30.1866

   Dear Sir
         I regret that Mrs 
Austin should have had any 
annoyance or anxiety on 
the subject of the missing Notes 
of Lectures. They never were in 
her possession, having unfortunately 
been lent by me and lost by the 
borrower within a year or two 
after the Lectures were delivered.
   The notes were written out 
next day from memoranda made 
by myself in the Lecture Room, 
and Mr Austin's slow delivery 
and splendid articulation made 
it easy to report all the important 
passages nearly in his exact words. 
By these means I had the good 
fortune to preserve many very 
valuable oral elucidations.
There was only one lecture (I 
forget which one) at which I 
was unable to be present, and 
in that case Mr Austin kindly 
lent me his manuscript to enable 
me to fill up the vacancy. I 
never saw the MS. of any of the 
others, nor did he see any of the 
Notes.
   I am happy that the unusual 
length of my article is not an 
insuperable obstacle to its 
insertion.
   The proofs should be sent 
to Blackheath. I am Dear Sir
             yours very truly
                     J.S.Mill