lord's serious illness--difficulty in choosing new Editor
for the _Q.R._,
other books published by him during the year
1824--Closing incidents of friendship with Byron,
Byron's last letter and illness,
Byron's death,
correspondence with Dr. Ireland (Dean of Westminster) about Byron's
burial in Westminster Abbey,
destruction of Byron's Memoirs,
Moore undertakes "Life of Byron,"
Mrs. Markham's "History of England,"
a crisis in the _Q.R._,
John Taylor Coleridge appointed Editor of _Q.R._;
correspondence with B. Disraeli about "Aylmer Papillon"
1825--Agreement and arrangements regarding proposed morning paper,
_Representative_,
letters from B. Disraeli as to _Representative_,
I. D'Israeli's views on the _Representative_,
offers editorship of _Representative_ to Lockhart;
Scott's opinion of the scheme,
secures foreign
correspondents for _Representative_,
bears the whole expense,
appoints Lockhart Editor of _Q.R._ on Coleridge's resignation,
letters to him from Scott on Lockhart's fitness for the _Q.R._
editorship,
letters from Lockhart,
Hallam's "Constitutional History,"
renews friendship with Constable after fifteen years' interval,
other books published by him during the year,
1826--_Representative_ started--its utter failure,
health breaks down,
commercial crisis and failure of large publishing houses, Constable
& Co., Ballantyne & Co., Hurst, Robinson & Co., and others,
helps London publishers in their difficulties,
_Representative_ ceases to exist after career of six months,
misunderstanding with I. D'Israeli,
intimacy with Lockhart,
Wordsworth's proposal to him,
1827--Letter from his son describing Scott's acknowledgement of
the authorship of "Waverley Novels" at the Theatrical Fund dinner in
Edinburgh,
Henry Taylor's "Isaac Comnenus,"
buys all Byron's works,
1828--Offers Scott L1,250 for copyright of "History of Scotland,"
"Tales of a Grandfather,"
Napier's "History of Peninsular War,"
the "Wellington Despatches,"
"Library of Entertaining Knowledge,"
negotiations with Moore as to "Life of Byron,"
1829--Resigns his share in "Marmion" to Scott,
Croker's edition of "Boswell's Johnson,"
"The Family Library,"
1830--Milman's "History of the Jews,"
Moore's "Life of Byron," Vol. I.,
renewal of correspondence with B. Disraeli and negotiations with
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