In the circumstances Mr.Highley of course took the principal share of the management, but though a very respectable person, he was not much of a business man, and being possessed by an almost morbid fear of running any risks, he brought out no new works, took no share in the new books that were published, and it is doubtful whether he looked very sharply after the copyrights belonging to the firm.

He was mainly occupied in selling books brought out by other publishers.
The late Mr.Murray had many good friends in India, who continued to send home their orders to the new firm of Murray & Highley.

Amongst them were Warren Hastings and Joseph Hume.

Hume had taken out with him an assortment of books from the late Mr.Murray, which had proved very useful; and he wrote to Murray and Highley for more.

Indeed, he became a regular customer for books.
Meanwhile Murray fretted very much under the careless and indifferent management of Highley.