Letters and Journals of Lord Byron
Lord Byron to John Murray, 21 April 1821
“Ravenna, April 21st, 1821.
“I enclose you another letter on Bowles. But I premise that it is not like the
former, and that I am not at all sure how much, if any, of it should be published. Upon this point you can consult
with Mr. Gifford, and think twice before you publish it at all.
“Yours truly,
“B.
“P.S. You may make my subscription for Mr. Scott’s widow, &c. thirty instead of the proposed ten pounds: but do not
put down my name; put down N. N. only. The reason is, that, as
I have mentioned him in the enclosed pamphlet, it would look indelicate. I would give
more, but my disappointments last year about Rochdale and the transfer from the funds
render me more economical for the present.
William Gifford (1756-1826)
Poet, scholar, and editor who began as a shoemaker's apprentice; after Oxford he
published
The Baviad (1794),
The Maeviad
(1795), and
The Satires of Juvenal translated (1802) before becoming
the founding editor of the
Quarterly Review (1809-24).
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 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.
