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A Publisher and His Friends

CHAPTER XV
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The book was immediately pounced upon by the critics; but it is unnecessary to quote their reviews, as they are impartially given in the latest accredited editions of Lord Byron's poems.

A few criticisms from Mr.Murray's private correspondence may be given.
_Mr.Gifford to John Murray_.
RYDE, _July_ 1, 1819.
"Lord B.'s letter is shockingly amusing.

[Footnote: Probably that written in May; printed in the "Life."] He must be mad; but then there's method in his madness.

I dread, however, the end.

He is, or rather might be, the most extraordinary character of his age.


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