Volume 1 - Electric Scotland

92 WILLIAM BLACKWOOD.
foolishly, he was determined not to make, his sim-
plest method was to return to the man who did
already know, and with whom he could arrange at
first hand, without any interference of a fussy
though bland go - between. Neither Murray nor
Blackwood throw any individual blame upon him,
and he was, strictly speaking, within his rights in
transferring the book, as he had expressly limited
the arrangement to certain editions. The offensive
announcement of a fifth edition before the fourth
was exhausted was no doubt due to Constable, who
thus celebrated his triumph over his rivals.
It was thus that this tantalising episode came to
an end.