“I must not any longer neglect to avail myself of
your kind offer to assist in filling up the chasm, made by the death of our
lamented friend,* in the Magazine; and I know not any subject
which would be thought more interesting than a continuation of the living
authors, nor any pen so fitted for the subject as yours. Pray select any one
you may think most fit, and render us your powerful assistance towards making
our next number equal to its predecessors.
“In a day or two I shall probably request an
interview with (you) on the subject of an editor.
“I am always, my dear Sir,
“Most faithfully yours,
“Robert Baldwin.
“P. N. Row,
“March 5th, 1821.
“William Hazlitt, Esq.,
“9, Southampton Buildings.”
John Scott (1784-1821)
After Marischal College he worked as a journalist with Leigh Hunt, edited
The Champion (1814-1817), and edited the
London
Magazine (1820) until he was killed in the duel at Chalk Farm.
The London Magazine. (1820-1829). Founded by John Scott as a monthly rival to
Blackwood's, the
London Magazine included among its contributors Charles Lamb, John Clare, Allan Cunningham,
Thomas De Quincey, and Thomas Hood.
