Vol 17 - Dumfriesshire & Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian ...

16 UNpuBrtsHBo Lgrl'ERS oI" rHr Errnrcr SHTpHERD.
is. On rvhat grounds either is built I do not knorv, as I
shun all enqui-ries or appearance of care about it whatever.
I sent an uncommbnly splendid copy to the Bishop
of Salisbury to be delivered to his Royal ward.ll with a
letter requesting him to do so, but he has- never acknowle{ged
the receipt, nor taken any notice of either the one
o. Th" other. I^ do not know how to discover if ever the
poem reached its destination. In the last number of the
'S"ottirh
Reviewl2 there is a very long and exquisite revieu'
of the wake. It is a good article,-said to be u'ritten by
the editor of that wot( rn'ho has placed my lroetrY 1n a
point of view where none has hitherto ventured to place
it. As you testified a rvish to have y-our friend's note
."tu.n.dj I inclose it along with The i7u.rp of the HilI,Li
the design of rvhich I onJe questioned. The little affectionate
iimily
piece I will keep as a nremorial of friendship.
I wish to be' remembered t" Roscoe. I hope he shall
never have cause to blush for the lift he has lent to zr
humble strang'er-an intruder on the rrrtalks of literature
doomed to struggle with every prejudice' Yo'ur return
to scotland, happen when it will, will be a rvelcome return
,o rn", and, I am sure, to every-one. who l