Scope and Contents The letters are to John Murray III. They concern mostly the preparation and publication of various works by William Forsyth, including:“Hortensius: or, The Advocate. An historical essay” (1849);“History of the captivity of Napoleon at St. Helena; from the letters and journals of the late Lieut.-Gen. Sir Hudson Lowe, and official documents not before made public” (1853);“Life of Marcus Tullius Cicero” (1864);“The novels and novelists of the...