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This item is not a penny dreadful but a scholarly edition of political correspondence. Volume IV of Memorials and Correspondence of Charles James Fox, edited by Lord John Russell and published by Richard Bentley in 1858. The text consists of letters exchanged between the statesman Charles James Fox and his contemporaries during 1803-1804, covering his political views on British foreign policy toward Napoleonic France. Correspondents include R. Adair, the Prince of Wales, and Dennis O'Brien. Fox discusses peace negotiations, military strategy, ministerial conduct, and parliamentary tactics in formal, argumentative prose typical of 19th-century political biography rather than serialized popular fiction.