Owing to the warm friendship which existed between the Murrays and the D'Israelis, the younger members of both families were constantly brought together on the most intimate terms.

Mr.Murray was among the first to mark the abilities of the boy, Benjamin Disraeli, and, as would appear from the subjoined letter, his confidence in his abilities was so firm that he consulted him as to the merits of a MS.

when he had scarcely reached his eighteenth year.
_Mr.Benjamin Disraeli to John Murray_.

_August_ 1822.
Dear Sir, I ran my eye over three acts of "Wallace," [Footnote: "Wallace: a Historical Tragedy," in five acts, was published in 1820.

Joanna Baillie spoke of the author, C.E.Walker, as "a very young and promising dramatist."] and, as far as I could form an opinion, I cannot conceive these acts to be as effective on the stage as you seemed to expect.
However, it is impossible to say what a very clever actor like Macready may make of some of the passages.