First published in The Tatler, IV, 5 January 1832, pp. 13–14; see headnote above, pp. 117–20. It was reprinted in Hunt, Literary, pp. 394–400. In 1833 Bulwer wrote warmly of Hunt as a critic: ‘In him the young poet has ever found a generous encourager no less than a faithful guide’ (Gates, CD, p. 322). In his London Journal for 14 May 1834, Hunt returned to the subject of Bulwer as a novelist: