pirated copies of Byron’s works in America and France,
   injunction obtained restraining sale by Longman of Mrs. Rundell’s
“Domestic Cookery,”
  1822—­Death of Allegra,
   Milman’s “Fall of Jerusalem,”
   intimacy with Milman,
   “Bracebridge Hall,”
   declines James Fenimore Cooper’s novels,
   Ugo Foscolo
  1823—­Giflord’s serious illness—­difficulty in choosing new Editor
for the Q.R.,
   other books published by him during the year
  1824—­Closing incidents of friendship with Byron,
   Byron’s last letter and illness,
   Byron’s death,
   correspondence with Dr. Ireland (Dean of Westminster) about Byron’s
burial in Westminster Abbey,
   destruction of Byron’s Memoirs,
   Moore undertakes “Life of Byron,”
   Mrs. Markham’s “History of England,”
   a crisis in the Q.R.,
   John Taylor Coleridge appointed Editor of Q.R.;
   correspondence with B. Disraeli about “Aylmer Papillon”
1825—­Agreement and arrangements regarding proposed morning paper,
Representative,
   letters from B. Disraeli as to Representative,
   I. D’Israeli’s views on the Representative,
   offers editorship of Representative to Lockhart;
   Scott’s opinion of the scheme,
   secures foreign
    correspondents for Representative,
    bears the whole expense,
    appoints Lockhart Editor of Q.R. on Coleridge’s resignation,
    letters to him from Scott on Lockhart’s fitness for the Q.R.
editorship,
    letters from Lockhart,
    Hallam’s “Constitutional History,”
    renews friendship with Constable after fifteen years’ interval,
    other books published by him during the year,
  1826—­Representative started—­its utter failure,
    health breaks down,
    commercial crisis and failure of large publishing houses, Constable & Co., Ballantyne & Co., Hurst, Robinson & Co., and others,
    helps London publishers in their difficulties,
    Representative ceases to exist after career of six months,
    misunderstanding with I. D’Israeli,
    intimacy with Lockhart,
    Wordsworth’s proposal to him,
  1827—­Letter from his son describing Scott’s acknowledgement of
the authorship of “Waverley Novels” at the Theatrical Fund dinner in
Edinburgh,
    Henry Taylor’s “Isaac Comnenus,”
    buys all Byron’s works,
  1828—­Offers Scott L1,250 for copyright of “History of Scotland,”
    “Tales of a Grandfather,”
    Napier’s “History of Peninsular War,”
    the “Wellington Despatches,”
    “Library of Entertaining Knowledge,”
    negotiations with Moore as to “Life of Byron,”
  1829—­Resigns his share in “Marmion” to Scott,
    Croker’s edition of “Boswell’s Johnson,”
    “The Family Library,”
  1830—­Milman’s “History of the Jews,”
    Moore’s “Life of Byron,” Vol.  I.,