But if you do anything it must be done with extreme caution;
think of the effects of such seductive poetry! It probably surpasses in
talent anything that you ever wrote. Tell me if you think seriously of
completing this work, or if you have sketched the story. I am very sorry
to have occasioned you the trouble of writing again the "Letter of
Julia"; but you are always very forgiving in such cases." The lines in
which the objectionable words appeared were obliterated by Lord Byron.
From the following letter we see that Mr. Murray continued his
remonstrances:
_John Murray to Lord Byron_.
_May 3_, 1819.
"I find that 'Julia's Letter' has been safely received, and is with the
printer. The whole remainder of the second canto will be sent by
Friday's post. The inquiries after its appearance are not a few. Pray
use your most tasteful discretion so as to wrap up or leave out certain
approximations to indelicacy."
Mr. Douglas Kinnaird, who was entrusted with the business portion of
this transaction, wrote to Mr. Murray:
_Mr. Douglas Kinnaird to John Murray_.
_June 7_, 1819.
My Dear Sir,
Since I had the pleasure of seeing you, I have received from Lord Byron
a letter in which he expresses himself as having left to Mr.
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