Annals of a Publishing House
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After this sad crisis in the family it seems to have been the opinion of all that John's removal from London to Edinburgh was indispensable. I find a letter from his brother James, who had evidently become a trusted adviser in all difficulties, to this effect, in the summer of the year which carried off the elder brother. Robert would seem to have accompanied John to London to decide about the removal from Pall Mall and the new establishment in the Row.
James Blackwood to his Brother John.
6th May 1845.
I conclude from the terms of your and Bob's last letters that you will by this time have settled on the depôt in Paternoster Row. I think this arrangement the best you can do, so far as can be judged at present. The expense, even including you or Bob going up every other month, will not be so great as the commission to an agent, and there are many advantages in other respects in having a place of your own, in keeping up and extending the business connection and with authors, in which no agent could do anything for you but rather the reverse; and the advantage of you or Bob constantly visiting is very great. Even now the journey is nothing, and in the course of two years I think we may safely reckon that it will be done in twelve hours, or even less. […]
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