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Hi everyone!

As you may know, I’m already in London! Life in here is delightful and working and living here has given me the opportunity of making new friends.Samuel Johnson is now a friend of mine, and he is also new in this thing of publishing at the Gentleman's Magazine. He is very nice with me and provides me with good advice. His works are really good and I've written some praises towards them, as he does with mines. We usually go to St. John’s Gate to have dinner with Mr. Cave and Mr. Birch. Mr. Cave works as a publisher in the Gentleman’s Magazine and is friends with my father, and Mr. Birch is a clergyman. They both help us with our work and we’ve become something of a family. It’s great to have people like them in your life.

Since we are at the end of November, you’ll be wondering what I’ve done all this months: well, I’ve been working in some translations, and one of them was published just a week ago. It is my translation of Horace’s Ode 10, Book II. If you have the opportunity to read it, don’t hesitate contacting me to give your opinion, it’s always welcome! Moreover, in August, Mr. Cave published a slim quarto with some of my poems under the name of Poems upon Particular Occasions. They were just some copies for my friends and patrons, but still, it's good notice!

Other thing that I enjoyed a lot was a visit I made to the Pope’s Gardens in July. You know I love walking along beautiful landscapes, so we took a walk along delightful meadows from Richmond to Twickenham and ended up in there. It was so beautiful! They really inspired me and touched my soul. Here I post a photo I took. Totally recommended! Worth it.

I also have to say that I am currently working in something. It is a translation from the Italian Francesco Algarotti’s Il Newtonianismo per le dame. My friend Mr. Birch knows Algarotti’s personally, and they had a conversation about me being the most suitable translator for that work. I hope to have it finished by February next year. I will tell you how it goes!

Take care,

Elizabeth.

Wind of change.

As you all know, my dear fellows, I've been doing some visits to London in the recent months, and now the time to move and establish myself there has come.

I'm really excited because of this new experience that I hope will be one of the greatests of my entire life. Moving to London is a big step in my career as a writer and this has been motivated by my collaborations for the Gentleman’s Magazine. My friends there and my father above all, had been supporting me with this decision and I know they will continue doing it whatever I decide to do. By this time, I’m preparing all my luggage. My uncle has a house in Bishopsgate and I guess that it’s there where I’ll stay by the moment.

My dad has helped me sending letters to his friends in London and now I have the opportunity to go there and improve my career and skills as a writer. I have some friends there that will help me without doubt and that keeps me confident about this new adventure.

Once I move there I will keep you updated!

Take care,

Elizabeth.