Letters and Journals of Lord Byron
Lord Byron to John Murray, 14 September 1811
“Newstead Abbey, Notts., Sept. 14, 1811.
“Since your former letter. Mr.
Dallas informs me that the MS. has been submitted to the perusal of
Mr. Gifford, most contrary to my ![]()
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wishes, as Mr. D. could have explained, and as my own
letter to you did, in fact, explain, with my motives for objecting to such a proceeding.
Some late domestic events, of which you are probably aware, prevented my letter from
being sent before; indeed, I hardly conceived you would so hastily thrust my productions
into the hands of a stranger, who could be as little pleased by receiving them, as their
author is at their being offered in such a manner, and to such a man.
“My address, when I leave Newstead, will be to
‘Rochdale, Lancashire;’ but I have not yet fixed the day of departure, and I
will apprize you when ready to set off.
“You have placed me in a very ridiculous situation, but it
is past, and nothing more is to be said on the subject. You hinted to me that you wished
some alterations to be made; if they have nothing to do with politics or religion, I
will make them with great readiness. I am, sir, &c. &c.”
Robert Charles Dallas (1754-1824)
English poet, novelist, and translator who corresponded with Byron. His sister Charlotte
Henrietta Dallas (d. 1793) married Captain George Anson Byron (1758-1793); their son George
Anson Byron (1789-1868) inherited Byron's title in 1824.
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.
