enough as yet to regard the rejection of my Homilies.
I am, Sir, your very obed't humble serv't,
Byron
.
William Miller (1769-1844), son of Thomas Miller, bookseller, of Bungay (see Beloe's
Sexagenarian,
2nd edit., vol. ii pp. 253, 254), served his apprenticeship in Hookham's publishing house. In 1790 he set up for himself as a bookselling publisher in Bond Street. From 1804 onwards his place of business was at 50, Albemarle Street. But in September, 1812, he sold his stock, copyrights, good will, and lease to John Murray, and retired to a country farm in Hertfordshire. He declined to publish
Childe Harold,