A Publisher and His Friends Memoir and Correspondence of John Murray; with an Account of the Origin and Progress of the House, 1768-1843

CHAPTER IV

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"MARMION"--CONSTABLES AND BALLANTYNES--THE "EDINBURGH REVIEW"

Murray's business prospects--Acquires a share of "Marmion"--Becomes London publisher of the _Edinburgh Review_--Acquaintance with Walter Scott--Constable's money transactions--Murray's remonstrance--He separates from Constable--The Ballantynes--Scott joins their printing business--Literary themes