it, and which,
from his account, though a very friendly one, is, like that of the
'Cid,' very superficial. He sees nothing but the naked story; the
moral feeling which pervades it has escaped him. I do not know whether
Bedford will be able to get a paragraph interpolated touching upon
this, and showing that there is some difference between a work of high
imagination and a story of mere amusement." Either Bedford was
mistaken in saying that Scott had ignored the moral aspect of the
poem, or else he succeeded in getting a passage interpolated, for the
review is sufficiently definite on that point.]

[Footnote 282: _Lockhart_, Vol. I, p. 481.]

[Footnote 283: _Ibid._, Vol. II, p. 296.]

[Footnote 284: _Lockhart_, Vol. V, p. 413.]

[Footnote 285: _Journal_, Vol. I, p. 112; _Lockhart_, Vol. IV, p.
429.]

[Footnote 286: _Lockhart_, Vol. V, p. 391.]

[Footnote 287: _Ibid._, Vol. II, p. 211.]

[Footnote 288: Introduction to _Marmion_; _Lockhart_, Vol. II, p. 82.]

[Footnote 289: _Lockhart_, Vol. II, p. 508.]

[Footnote 290: Byron did not altogether approve of Scott's poetry, but
he felt its effectiveness. In his "Reply to Blackwood's Edinburgh
Magazine," Byron wrote: "What have we got instead [of following Pope]?
A deluge of flimsy and unintelligible romances, imitated from Scott
and myself, who have both made the best of our bad materials and
erroneous system."]

[Footnote 291: Review of _Childe Harold_, _Canto III_, _Quarterly_,
October, 1816.]

[Footnote 292: _Lockhart_, Vol. III, p. 182.]

[Footnote 293: It should be remembered also that Scott's first review
of _Childe Harold_ appeared at a time when all England was condemning
Byron for his treatment of Lady Byron, and that the article was
thought by many to be altogether too lenient. Byron wrote to Murray
expressing his pleasure in the review before he knew who was
responsible for it, and some years later he wrote to Scott as follows:
"To have been recorded by you in such a manner would have been a proud
memorial at any time, but at such a time ... was something still
higher to my self-esteem.... Had it been a common criticism, however
eloquent or panegyrical, I should have felt pleased, undoubtedly, and
grateful, but not to the extent which the extraordinary
good-heartedness of the whole proceeding must induce in any mind
capable of such sensations." (_Byron's Letters and Journa