Letters and Journals of Lord Byron
Lord Byron to John Murray, 6 February 1814
“Newark, February 6th, 1814.
“I am thus far on my way to town. Master Ridge* I have seen, and he owns to having reprinted some sheets, to make up a few
complete remaining copies! I have now given him fair warning, and if he plays such
tricks again, I must either get an injunction, or call for an account of profits (as I
never have parted with the copyright), or, in short, any thing vexatious to repay him in
his own way. If the weather does not relapse, I hope to be in town in a day or two.
“Yours, &c.”
John Murray II (1778-1843)
The second John Murray began the
Quarterly Review in 1809 and
published works by Scott, Byron, Austen, Crabbe, and other literary notables.
John Ridge (1828 fl.)
Byron's original printer, at Newark near Newstead Abbey in Nottinghamshire; trade records
indicate that he worked as a bookseller, stationer, and printer from 1788 to 1828. He
married a Miss Hilton, 18 July 1805.
