[Chapter III — ENGLISH BARDS, AND SCOTCH REVIEWERS]

1808-1809

94 — To the Rev. John Becher[1]

Dorant's Hotel, Feb. 26, 1808.

My Dear Becher

, — Now for Apollo. I am happy that you still retain your predilection, and that the public allow me some share of praise.

[I]

am of so much importance that a most violent attack is preparing for me in the next number of the

Edinburgh Review