Harriet Martineau to Elizabeth Barrett, 16 September 1844: 'You have been in my mind, & your vols -- or one at a time, while the other was out, -- open before me daily, & many times in a day [...] I saw at once -- in cutting the leaves -- that you had made an immense advance on the former volume [goes on to note various shorter pieces] [...] Lady Geraldine is glorious. I was [italics]swept[end italics] through it [continues with further, detailed criticism of whole collection].'