[f. as prec. + -LET.] = prec.
1872. Temple Bar, July, 550. Literary sandwiches, tales, sketches and essaylets.
1874. Helps, Soc. Press., xii. (1875), 153. The essaylet, if I may so coin a word.
1886. Jrnl. Education, 1 Sept., 378. This is a book of miscellaneous essaylets.