Rogers thought it was not enough, and that Crabbe should have received L3,000 for the "Tales of the Hall" alone, and that he would try if the Longmans would not give more.

He went to Paternoster Row accordingly, and tried the Longmans; but they would not give more than L1,000 for the new work and the copyright of the old poems--that is, only one-third of what Murray had offered.

[Footnote: "Memoirs, Journals, Correspondence, of Thomas Moore," by Lord John Russell, ii.
237.] When Crabbe was informed of this, he was in a state of great consternation.

As Rogers had been bargaining with another publisher for better terms, the matter seemed still to be considered open; and in the meantime, if Murray were informed of the event, he might feel umbrage and withdraw his offer.

Crabbe wrote to Murray on the subject, but received no answer.