“By to-morrow’s Fly I shall send the remaining
materials for Minstrelsy,
together with three sheets of Sir
Tristrem. . . . I shall ever think the printing the Scottish
Minstrelsy one of the most fortunate circumstances of my life. I have gained,
not lost by it, in a pecuniary light; and the prospects it has been the means
of opening to me, may advantageously influence my future destiny. I can never
be sufficiently grateful for the interest you unceasingly take in my welfare.
Your query respecting Edinburgh, I am yet at a loss to
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