Henry Gally Knight (1786-1846), who was with Byron at Trinity, Cambridge, and afterwards distinguished himself by his architectural writings (
e.g. The Normans in Sicily,
1838), began his literary career with
Ilderim, a Syrian Tale
(1816).
Phrosyne, a Grecian Tale; Alashtar, an Arabian Tale
(1817), was followed, after a considerable interval, by
Eastern Sketches
(about 1829-30). If the manuscript of the first-mentioned volume is that to which Byron refers, he seems to have changed his mind as to its merits (March 25, 1817):