I hope the token of my good wishes will not come
too late. These letters have been only recovered after a long search
through my correspondence, which, as usual with literary folks, is sadly
confused.
I beg my kind compliments to Mrs. Murray and the young ladies, and am,
yours truly,
WALTER SCOTT.
Scott now began to decline rapidly, and was suffering much from his
usual spasmodic attacks; yet he had Turner with him, making drawings for
the new edition of his poems. Referring to his last article in the
_Quarterly_ on Pitcairn's "Criminal Trials," he bids Lockhart to inform
Mr. Murray that "no one knows better your liberal disposition, and he is
aware that L50 is more than his paper is worth." Scott's illness
increased, and Lockhart rarely left his side.
_Mr. Lockhart to John Murray_.
CHIEFSWOOD, _September_ 16, 1831.
"Yesterday determined Sir W. Scott's motions. He owes to Croker the
offer of a passage to Naples in a frigate which sails in about a
fortnight. He will therefore proceed southwards by land next week,
halting at Rokeby, and with his son at Notts, by the way.
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