sh-grey
cover, is in the possession of Mr. Murray.[1] A transcript from this
MS., in the handwriting of R. C. Dallas, with Byron's autograph
corrections, is preserved in the British Museum (Egerton MSS., No.
2027). The first edition (4to) was printed from the transcript as
emended by the author. The "Addition to the Preface" was first published
in the Fourth Edition.

The following notes in Byron's handwriting are on the outside of the
cover of the original MS.:--

"Byron--Joannina in Albania
Begun Oct. 31^st.^ 1809.
Concluded, Canto 2^d, Smyrna,
March 28^th^, 1810. BYRON.

The marginal remarks pencilled occasionally were made by two
friends who saw the thing in MS. sometime previous to publication.
1812."

On the verso of the single bluish-grey cover, the lines, "Dear Object of
Defeated Care," have been inscribed. They are entitled, "Written beneath
the picture of J. U. D." They are dated, "Byron, Athens, 1811."

The following notes and memoranda have been bound up with the MS.:--

"Henry Drury, Harrow. Given me by Lord Byron. Being his original
autograph MS. of the _first_ canto of _Childe Harold_, commenced at
Joannina in Albania, proceeded with at Athens, and completed at
Smyrna."

"How strange that he did not seem to know that the volume contains
Cantos I., II., and so written by L^d.^ B.!" [_Note by J. Murray._]

"Sir,--I desire that you will settle any account for _Childe
Harold_ with Mr. R. C. Dallas, to whom I have presented the
copyright.

Y^r.^ obed^t.^ Serv^t.,^
BYRON.
To Mr. John Murray,
Bookseller,
32, Fleet Street,
London, Mar. 17, 1812."

* * * * *

"Received, April 1st, 1812, of Mr. John Murray, the sum of one
hundred pounds 15/8, being my entire half-share of the profits of
the 1st Edition of _Childe Harold's Pilgrimage_ 4to.

R. C. DALLAS.

{ Mem.: This receipt is for the above sum,
L101:15:8. { in part of five hundred guineas agreed to
{ be paid by Mr. Murray for the Copyright
{ of _Childe Harold's Pilgrimage_."

The following poems are appended to the MS. of the First and Second
Cantos of _Childe Harold_:--

1. "Written at Mrs. Spencer Smith's request, in her memorandum-book--