Ballantyne and Co.

of Edinburgh, and Mr.Stockdale of Pall Mall; but it remained in MS.

at Edinburgh till 1831, when a portion was printed in "Fraser's Magazine." Just before leaving Eton he finished a novel of "Zastrozzi", which some critics trace to its source in "Zofloya the Moor," perused by him at Sion House.

The most astonishing fact about this incoherent medley of mad sentiment is that it served to furnish forth the 40-pound Eton supper already spoken of, that it was duly ushered into the world of letters by Messrs.

Wilkie and Robinson on the 5th of June, 1810, and that it was seriously reviewed.