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The Doctor very obligingly sent me your letter to him & the verses which have been seen & admired by all his esprit acquaintance who I am told greatly give the preference to yours, as the Doctor has probably informed you. You had omitted giving me your opinion of the epitaph on M.^rs French which however I doubted not of your admiring. Her prosaic friends in Derby who are unacquainted with poetical licences marvel a little at the great accomplishm^ts given her by the Doctor but the poem will be read out of Derby & I believe Mr. French now thinks it justly her due. He has great reason to respect her memory & he really has felt more for her loss than many would give so volatile a character credit for. his own health is in a very precarious state & M^rs. Nicholas who is