[printed notepaper:]Royal Asiatic Society,
22, Albemarle Street. W.
London,
Aug 15th 1872
Dear Sir
In the absence of the Secretary (who is now in Germany) I opened your note of this day, & beg to inform you that the Journal is already completed for distribution & therefore your work can-not appear in this No but I believe we are to have two Nos this year so your work will need not be suspended for as long. <1>
Mr Austin of Hertford (our Printer) might perhaps be able to give you more particulars.
Yours Obediently
[N.H.?] Adams
H. F. Talbot Esqre
&c &c &c
[envelope:]
H. Fox Talbot Esqr. F.R.S.
Lacock Abbey
Chippenham
Notes:
1. WHFT, "Contributions towards a Glossary of the Assyrian Language, Part III" Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, n.s. v. 6, 1873, pp. i-lxxx.