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 VI

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THE "QUARTERLY" LAUNCHED

Meeting of Murray and Ballantyne at Boroughbridge--Walter Scott's interest in the new _Review_--Publication of the first number of the _Quarterly_ --Scott's proposed "Secret History of the Court of James I."--_Portcullis_ copies--"Old English Froissart"--Opinions of the _Quarterly_--Scott's energy and encouragement--Murray's correspondence with Mr. Stratford Canning--Murray's energy--Leigh Hunt--James Mill--Gifford's unpunctuality--Appearance of the second number--Mr. Canning's contributions--Appearance of No. 3--Letters from Mr. Ellis to Isaac D'Israeli--John Barrow's first connection with the _Quarterly_--Robert Southey--Appearance of No. 4