The two became intimate, and corresponded frequently; and at last, when Murray withdrew from the Ballantynes, in August 1810 he transferred the whole of his Scottish agency to the house of William Blackwood.

In return for the publishing business sent to him from London, Blackwood made Murray his agent for any new works published by him in Edinburgh.
In this way Murray became the London publisher for Hogg's new poems, and "The Queen's Wake," which had reached its fourth edition.
Mr.Murray paid at this time another visit to Abbotsford.

Towards the end of 1814 Scott had surrounded the original farmhouse with a number of buildings--kitchen, laundry, and spare bedrooms--and was able to entertain company.

He received Murray with great cordiality, and made many enquiries as to Lord Byron, to whom Murray wrote on his return to London: _John Murray to Lord Byron_.
"Walter Scott commissioned me to be the bearer of his warmest greetings to you.

His house was full the day I passed with him; and yet, both in corners and at the surrounded table, he talked incessantly of you.
Unwilling that I should part without bearing some mark of his love (a poet's love) for you, he gave me a superb Turkish dagger to present to you, as the only remembrance which, at the moment, he could think of to offer you.