On his return to London, Lockhart proceeded to take a house, No. 24,
Sussex Place, Regent's Park; for he had been heretofore living in the
furnished apartments provided for him in Pall Mall. Mr. Murray wrote to
him on the subject:
_John Murray to Mr. Lockhart_.
_July_ 31, 1828.
As you are about taking or retaking a house, I think it right to inform
you now that the editor's dividend on the _Quarterly Review_ will be in
future L325 on the publication of each number; and I think it very hard
if you do not get L200 or L300 more for your own contributions.
Most truly yours,
JOHN MURRAY.
At the beginning of the following year Lockhart went down to Abbotsford,
where he found his father-in-law working as hard as ever.
_Mr. Lockhart to John Murray_.
_January_ 4, 1820.
"I have found Sir Walter Scott in grand health and spirits, and have had
much conversation with him on his hill-side about all our concerns. I
shall keep a world of his hints and suggestions till we meet; but
meanwhile he has agreed to write _almost immediately_ a one volume
biography of the great Earl of Peterborough, and I think you will agree
with me in considering the choice of this, perhaps the last of our
romantic heroes, as in all respects happy.
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