BIB_ID
309770
Accession number
MA 426.49
Creator
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
Display Date
Monday [1808 Oct.-Dec.].
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 19.4 cm
Notes
Dating: a penned note (possibly in the hand of J. G. Lockhart) on p. 1 dates this letter to October or November of 1808; Lockhart and Grierson date it to 15 December 1808, but in 1808 15 December fell on a Thursday.
Labeled "No. 44" on p. 1, possibly in the hand of J. G. Lockhart.
Part of a collection of letters from Sir Walter Scott to various recipients. Items in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Written from Castle Street.
Labeled "No. 44" on p. 1, possibly in the hand of J. G. Lockhart.
Part of a collection of letters from Sir Walter Scott to various recipients. Items in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Written from Castle Street.
Summary
Concerning the establishment of a London-based review to counter the Edinburgh Review; reporting a conversation Scott had with Lord Jeffrey (the editor of the Edinburgh Review), noting that Jeffrey "has no suspicion of the Review whatever."
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