290—to John Murray

May 13, 1813.

Dear Sir,—I send a corrected, and, I hope, amended copy of the lines for the "fragment" already sent this evening 1 . Let the enclosed be the copy that is sent to the Devil (the printers) and burn the other.

Yours, etc., B'N.

Footnote 1:

The Giaour, which was now in the press, was expanded, either in the course of printing, or in the successive editions, from 400 lines to 1400. It was published in May, 1813.