He explains that one of the six volumes she mentions was intended for her husband as it contained a map; the rest were to be distributed in Paris. He asks her to read the book attentively herself so that she might talk about it because the cooperation of France in the cause would assist it immensely; he asks her to convince the French King of this and of the value of opening Africa to trade for France, since he believed that conjunction of France and Britain was the most effectual mode of suppressing the slave trade. He asks her to tell Count de Laborde that he had read his article on the slave hunt with interest but had not made a very good job of its insertion in the book because of the haste with which it had to be done; also that he had sent the pamphlet to Lord Palmerston and intended to talk at length with the government about it. He regrets his inability to speak French, otherwise he would accompany her to France. He adds that he had asked Dr Bowring to arrange for his book to be translated into French and that he had sent a copy to each of her children. An annotation refers to a letter of/from 'J. Forster 6 month 24. 1839'. (Copy.)