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to Mr. William Blackwood--Publication of No. 5 of the Quarterly --Southey's articles and books--Unpunctuality of the Review --Gifford's review of "The Daughters of Isenberg"--His letter to Miss Palmer--Dispute between Murray and Gifford--Attacks on the Edinburgh Review by the _Quarterly_--Murray's disapproval of them--The Ballantynes and Constables applying for money--Nos. 8 and 9 of the _Review_--Southey's Publications--Letters from Scott--His review of the "Curse of Kehama"--Southey's dependence on the _Quarterly_--His letter to Mr. Wynn

CHAPTER VIII
MURRAY AND GIFFORD--RUPTURE WITH CONSTABLE--PROSPERITY OF THE "QUARTERLY"
Increasing friendship between Murray and Gifford--Gifford's opinion of humorous articles--Mr. Pillans--Gifford's feeble health--Murray's financial difficulties--Remonstrates with Constable--Correspondence with and dissociation from Constable--Quarterly Review No. 12--Gifford's severe remarks on Charles Lamb--His remorse--Quarterly Review No. 14--Murray's offer to Southey of 1,000 guineas for his poem

CHAPTER IX
LORD BYRON'S WORKS, 1811 TO 1814
Lord Byron's first acquaintance with Mr. Murray--Mr. Dallas's offer to Cawthorn and Miller--Murray's acceptance of "Childe Harold"--Byron's visits to Fleet Street--Murray's letters to Byron--Gifford's opinion of the Poem--Publication of "Childe Harold"--Its immediate success--Byron's presentation to the Prince of Wales--Murray effects a reconciliation between Byron and Scott--Letters to and from Scott--Publication of "The Giaour," "Bride of Abydos" and "Corsair"--Correspondence with Byron--"Ode to Napoleon"--"Lara" and "Jacqueline"

CHAPTER X
MR. MURRAY'S REMOVAL TO 50, ALBEMARLE STREET
Murray's removal to Albemarle Street--Miller's unfriendly behaviour--Progress of the _Quarterly_--Miscellaneous publications --D'Israeli's "Calamities of Authors"--Letters from Scott and Southey--Southey's opinions on the patronage of literature--Scott's embarrassments--Recklessness of the Ballantynes--Scott applies to Murray for a loan--Publication of "Waverley"--Mystery of the authorship--Mr. Murray's proposed trip to France--His letters to Mrs. Murray--Education of his son--Announcement of Lord Byron's engagement--Mr. Murray's visit to Newstead Abbey--Murray in Edinburgh--Mr. William Blackwood--Visit to Abbotsford--Letter to Lord Byron--Letters from Blackwood--The "Vision of Don Roderick"

CHAPTER XI
MURRAY'S DRAWING-ROOM--BYRON AND SCOTT--WORKS PUBLISHED IN 1815
Murray's drawing-room in Albemarle Street--A literary centre--George Ticknor's account of it--Letter from Gifford--Death of his housekeeper Nancy--First meeting of Byron and Scott--Recollections of John Murray III.--Napoleon's escape from Elba--Waterloo--Mr. Blackwood's letter--Suppression of an article written for the _Edinburgh_--Mr. Murray's collection of portraits of authors--Mr. Scott's visit to Brussels, Waterloo, etc.--Mr. Murray's visit to Paris--Return home--Important diplomatic correspondence offered by Miss Waldie--Miss Austen--"Emma"--Mr. Malthus's works--Letters from W. Scott

CHAPTER XII
VARIOUS PUBLICATIONS--CHARLES MATURIN--S.T. COLERIDGE--LEIGH HUNT
Charles Maturin--His early career--His early publications--And application to W. Scott--Performance of "Bertram" at Drury Lane--Published by Murray--"Manuel, a Tragedy"--Murray's letter to Byron--Death of Maturin--S.T. Coleridge--Correspondence about his translation of "Faust"--"Glycine," "Remorse," "Christabel," "Zapolya," and other works--Further correspondence--Leigh Hunt--Asked to contribute to the _Quarterly_--"Story of Rimini"--Murray's letters to Byron and Hunt--Negotiations between Murray and Leigh Hunt

CHAPTER XIII
THOMAS CAMPBELL--JOHN CAM HOBHOUSE--J.W. CROKER--JAMES HOGG, ETC.
Thomas Campbell--His early works--Acquaintance with Murray--"Selections from the British Poets"--Letters to Murray--Proposed Magazine--And Series of Ancient Classics--Close friendship between Campbell and Murray--Murray undertakes to publish the "Selections from British Poets"--Campbell's explanation of the work--"Gertrude of Wyoming"--Scott reviews Campbell's poems in the _Quarterly_--Campbell's Lectures at the Royal Institution--Campbell's satisfaction with Murray's treatment of him--"Now Barabbas was a publisher"--Increase of Murray's business--Dealings with Gifford--Mr. J.C. Hobhouse--His "Journey to Albania"--Isaac D'Israeli's "Character of James I."--Croker's "Stories for Children"--The division of profits--Sir John Malcolm--Increasing number of poems submitted to Mr. Murray--James Hogg--His works--And letters to Murray--The "Repository"--Correspondence with Murray--Hogg asks Murray to find a wife for him

CHAPTER XIV
LORD BYRON'S DEALINGS WITH MR. MURRAY--continued Lord Byron's marriage--Letters from Mr. Murray during the honeymoon--Mr. Fazakerly's interview with Bonaparte--Byron's pecuniary embarrassments--Murray's offers of assistance--"Siege of Corinth"--"Parisina"--Byron refuses remuneration--Pressed to give the money to Godwin, Maturin, and Coleridge--Murray's remonstrance --Gifford's opinion of the "Siege of Corinth" and Mr. D'Israeli's --Byron leaves England--Sale of his Library--The "Sketch from Private Life"--Mr. Sharon Turner's legal opinion--Murray's letter on the arrival of the MS. of "Childe Harold," Canto III.
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CHAPTER XIX
WORKS PUBLISHED IN 1817-18--CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.
Works published by Murray and Blackwood jointly--Illness of Scott--Efforts to help the Ettrick Shepherd--Murray's offers of assistance--Scott reviews the "Wake"--Hogg's house at Eltrive--Scott and the _Quarterly_--"Rob Roy"--The "Scottish Regalia"--"The Heart of Midlothian"--Appeal to Scott for an article--"Lord Orford's Letters"--Murray and James Hogg at Abbotsford--Conclusion of Hogg's correspondence--Robert Owen--Increased number of would-be poets--Sharon Turner--Gifford's illness--Croker and Barrow edit Quarterly Review
CHAPTER XX
HALLAM--BASIL HALL.--CRABBE--HOPE--HORACE AND JAMES SMITH
Mr. Hallam--Sir H. Ellis's "Embassy to China"--Correspondence with Lady Abercorn about new books--Proposed _Monthly Register_--Mr. Croker's condemnation of the scheme--Crabbe's Works--Mr. Murray's offer--Mr. Rogers's negotiations--Hope's "Anastasius"--"Rejected Addresses" --Colonel Macirone's action against the _Quarterly_--Murray's entertainments--Mrs. Bray's account of them

CHAPTER XXI
MEMOIRS OF LADY HERVEY AND HORACE WALPOLE--BELZONI--MILMAN--SOUTHEY--MRS. RUNDELL, ETC.
Lady Hervey's Letters--Mr. Croker's letter about the editing of them--Horace Walpole's Memoirs--Mr. Murray's correspondence with Lord Holland--The Suffolk papers, edited by Mr. Croker--Mrs. Delany's Letters--Letter from Mr. Croker--Horace Walpole's "Reminiscences," edited by Miss Berry--Tomline's "Life of Pitt"--Giovanni Belzoni--His early career and works--His sensitiveness--His death--Examples of his strength--Rev. H.H. Milman's Works, "Fazio," "Samor," "The Fall of Jerusalem," "Martyr of Antioch," "Belshazzar"--Murray's dealings with Milman--Benjamin Disraeli--Letters from Southey about his articles on Cromwell--The New Churches, etc.--"The Book of the Church"--Warren Hastings, etc--The Carbonari--Mr. Eastlake--Mrs. Graham--Galignani's pirated edition of Byron--Mrs. Rundell's "Cookery Book"--Dispute with Longman's--An injunction