Then he edited the "London Journal," and in trying to improve its tone and quality of literature by the republication in its pages of the Waverley novels he well-nigh ruined it.
"The History of "Punch""
M. H. Spielmann
He greatly cherished, as might be expected, the memory of Sir Walter Scott; and, had his life been prolonged, would probably have done more for it than the republication of the abridgment of Lockhart's Life.
"Memoirs of James Robert Hope-Scott, Volume 2"
Robert Ornsby
On the other hand, while this circumstance must excuse the brevity of these preliminary observations, its singularity and extreme rarity offered additional inducements for selecting it for republication.
"A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume I."
R. Dodsley