MISCELLANY.

From the Life of Byron, by Moo!
From the Life of Byron, by Moore.

 Sir Walter Scott's Introduction to Byron.

 My first acquaintance with Byron be- gan in a mannerrather doubtful. l was so far from having any thing to do with the offensive criticism in the Edinburgh, that l remonstrated against it with our friend the editor, because l thought the Hours of likeness treated with undue severity. They were written, like the juvenile poetry, rather from the recol- lection of what had pleased the author in others than what had been suggested by his own imagination: but, -neverthe- less, thought they contained some pas sages of noble promise. l was so much impressed with this, that had thoughts of writing to the author: butsome exag- gerated report concerning his peculiar ities, and natural unwiIlingness to in- troduce an opinion which was uncalled for, induced me to relinquish the idea.

 When Byron wrote the famous Satire, ] had my share of flagellation among my betters. My crime was, having written a poem (Marmion, l think for thousand pounds; which was no otherwise true than that l sold the copyright for that sum. Now, not to mention that an au- thor can hardly he censnred fer accept ing such sum as the booksellers arc willing to give him, especiallyas the gen. tlemen of the trade made no complaint of their bargain, thought the interfer- enee with my private affairs was rather beyond the limits of literary satire. On the. other hand, Lord Byron paid me, in several passages, so much more praise than deserved, that I must have been more irritable than l have ever felt up- On such subjects, not to sit down cois- tentedanu think no more about the mat ter

 was very much struck, with all the rest oi the world, at the vigor and force of imagination displayed in the first Cantos of Childe Harold, and the other splendid productions which Lord Byron flung from him to the public with a |promptitude that savored of profusion. My own popularity, as poet, was then