MURRAY'S DRAWING-ROOM--BYRON AND SCOTT--WORKS PUBLISHED IN 1815
Murray's drawing-room in Albemarle Street--A literary centre--George Ticknor's account of it--Letter from Gifford--Death of his housekeeper Nancy--First meeting of Byron and Scott--Recollections of John Murray III.--Napoleon's escape from Elba--Waterloo--Mr. Blackwood's letter--Suppression of an article written for the _Edinburgh_--Mr. Murray's collection of portraits of authors--Mr. Scott's visit to Brussels, Waterloo, etc.--Mr. Murray's visit to Paris--Return home--Important diplomatic correspondence offered by Miss Waldie--Miss Austen--"Emma"--Mr. Malthus's works--Letters from W. Scott
VARIOUS PUBLICATIONS--CHARLES MATURIN--S.T. COLERIDGE--LEIGH HUNT
Charles Maturin--His early career--His early publications--And application to W. Scott--Performance of "Bertram" at Drury Lane--Published by Murray--"Manuel, a Tragedy"--Murray's letter to Byron--Death of Maturin--S.T. Coleridge--Correspondence about his translation of "Faust"--"Glycine," "Remorse," "Christabel," "Zapolya," and other works--Further correspondence--Leigh Hunt--Asked to contribute to the _Quarterly_--"Story of Rimini"--Murray's letters to Byron and Hunt--Negotiations between Murray and Leigh Hunt
THOMAS CAMPBELL--JOHN CAM HOBHOUSE--J.W. CROKER--JAMES HOGG, ETC.
Thomas Campbell--His early works--Acquaintance with Murray--"Selections from the British Poets"--Letters to Murray--Proposed Magazine--And Series of Ancient Classics--Close friendship between Campbell and Murray--Murray undertakes to publish the "Selections from British Poets"--Campbell's explanation of the work--"Gertrude of Wyoming"--Scott reviews Campbell's poems in the _Quarterly_--Campbell's Lectures at the Royal Institution--Campbell's satisfaction with Murray's treatment of him--"Now Barabbas was a publisher"--Increase of Murray's business--Dealings with Gifford--Mr. J.C. Hobhouse--His "Journey to Albania"--Isaac D'Israeli's "Character of James I."--Croker's "Stories for Children"--The division of profits--Sir John Malcolm--Increasing number of poems submitted to Mr. Murray--James Hogg--His works--And letters to Murray--The "Repository"--Correspondence with Murray--Hogg asks Murray to find a wife for him