Memoir of John Murray
John Taylor Coleridge to John Murray, 21 December 1825
I have now put the finishing hand to my last number, and
return you with this, the little key of your paper box, for Mr. Lockhart’s use. You can hardly
believe how light-hearted I feel, or how fortunate I consider myself in being
relieved at this moment from a burthen which would have impeded me most
seriously in the professional course which seems, and is, I trust, opening upon
me. With the best possible wishes for the welfare of the Review and of its
proprietor, I remain, my dear Sir,
Yours faithfully,
Sir John Taylor Coleridge (1790-1876)
Barrister, nephew of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and writer for the
Quarterly Review, of which he was briefly editor in 1824, succeeding William
Gifford.
John Gibson Lockhart (1794-1854)
Editor of the
Quarterly Review (1825-1853); son-in-law of Walter
Scott and author of the
Life of Scott 5 vols (1838).
The Quarterly Review. (1809-1967). Published by John Murray, the
Quarterly was instigated by Walter
Scott as a Tory rival to the
Edinburgh Review. It was edited by
William Gifford to 1824, and by John Gibson Lockhart from 1826 to 1853.