His friend, Sharon Turner, was ready with his criticism on No.1.He deplored the appearance of the article by Scott on "Carr's Tour in Scotland." [Footnote: Scott himself had written to Murray about this, which he calls "a whisky-frisky article," on June 30.

"I take the advantage of forwarding Sir John's _Review_, to send you back his letters under the same cover.

He is an incomparable goose, but as he is innocent and good-natured, I would not like it to be publicly known that the flagellation comes from my hand.

Secrecy therefore will oblige me."] _Mr.Sharon Turner to John Murray_.
"I cannot endure the idea of an individual being wounded merely because he has written a book.

If, as in the case of the authors attacked in the 'Baviad,' the works censured were vitiating our literature--or, as in the case of Moore's Poems, corrupting our morals--if they were denouncing our religious principles, or attacking those political principles on which our Government subsists--let them be criticised without mercy.