Accession number
PML 146400.160
Creator
Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Part of a large collection of prints, drawings, and letters bound into an extra-illustrated copy of The poetical works of Lord Byron (PML 146398-15); assembled by collector David Langton and formerly in the possession of John Dillon and Gordon Ray.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 22.5 cm
Provenance
David Langton; John Dillon; from the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Giving corrections and editorial comments on vol. IX of Thomas Moore's Works of Lord Byron, for which Wright served as editor; noting that Mr. Cadell the publisher is interested in publishing Sir Walter Scott's Life of Napoleon as part of the Cheap Edition of Scott's collected works now in progress and suggesting that he and Wright might be best qualified for the job of preparing the text; remarking that an article by "Mr. Thornton" would do well for the December number of an unspecified publication (probably the Quarterly review where Lockhart served as editor) and noting that it will need to be revised in light of new evidence; concluding with a passage describing Sir Walter Scott's final days.
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