CHAPTER IV.
"MARMION"-- CONSTABLES AND BALLANTYNES--THE "EDINBURGH REVIEW" Mr.Murray was twenty-nine years old at the time of his marriage.

That he was full of contentment as well as hope at this time may be inferred from his letter to Constable three weeks after his marriage: _John Murray to Mr.Constable_.
_March 27, 1807_.
"I declare to you that I am every day more content with my lot.

Neither my wife nor I have any disposition for company or going out; and you may rest assured that I shall devote all my attention to business, and that your concerns will not be less the object of my regard merely because you have raised mine so high.

Every moment, my dear Constable, I feel more grateful to you, and I trust that you will over find me your faithful friend .-- J.M." Some of the most important events in Murray's career occurred during the first year of his married life.

Chief among them may perhaps be mentioned his part share in the publication of "Marmion" (in February 1808)--which brought him into intimate connection with Walter Scott--and his appointment for a time as publisher in London of the _Edinburgh Review_; for he was thus brought into direct personal contact with those forces which ultimately led to the chief literary enterprise of his life--the publication of the _Quarterly Review_.
Mr.Scott called upon Mr.Murray in London shortly after the return of the latter from his marriage in Edinburgh.
"Mr.Scott called upon me on Tuesday, and we conversed for an hour....
He appears very anxious that 'Marmion' should be published by the King's birthday....