Memoir of John Murray
John Murray to Caroline Norton, 8 August 1836
Abbot’s Langley, Oct. 8th, 1836.
Thanks, my dear Madam, for your beautiful, and kindly
confidential letter. Had I not previously determined to
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fulfil, in every respect, your wishes as regards the publication of the poem, I
must have been sufficiently convinced by the reasons which you have adduced
(and so happily illustrated) of the necessity for its immediate appearance.
I will therefore leave this place for Albemarle Street on
Tuesday, and, hoping to find the MS. on my arrival, I will instantly send it to
the printer, and I can now venture to assure you that it shall be announced and
published in strict conformity with the desire of its author.
I beg you to believe that I am, dear Madam,
Your faithful Servant,
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.