Yours ever,
J.W.C.
Southey is very long, but as good as he is long—I have nearly done with him. I write very slowly, and cannot write long. This letter is written at three sittings.
No sooner had Croker got No. 56 of the Review out of his hands than he made a short visit to Paris. On this Mr. Barrow writes to Murray;
Mr. Barrow to John Murray.
April 2, 1823.
"Croker has run away to Paris, and left poor Gifford helpless. What will become of the Quarterly? … Poor Gifford told me yesterday that he felt he must give up the Editorship, and that the doctors had ordered him to do so."
Some months later, Barrow wrote to Murray saying that he had seen
Gifford that morning:
Mr. Barrow to John Murray.
August 18, 1823.