Charlotte Smith
knew of this work-in-progress on 26 July 1800, when she told Mary Hays
how she wished she could help EF
with money or moral support. On 31 October 1801 Hays noted that Thomas Underwood
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Mary Hays
Thomas Underwood
(of Underwood and Black
's print shop in Fleet Street) agreed to publish a translation by MH
of Ollivier by Jacques Cazotte
(a project suggested to her by Robert Southey
); but this never happened.
Brooks, Marilyn, and Isobel Grundy. Letter about Mary Hays to Isobel Grundy. 19 Oct. 1999.
Hays, Mary. “Chronology and Introduction”. The Correspondence (1779-1843) of Mary Hays, British Novelist, edited by Marilyn Brooks, Edwin Mellen, 2004, pp. xv - xx; 1.