In 1809 _Gertrude of Wyoming_, _Lord Ullin’s Daughter_, and _The Battle of the Baltic_ were published. Several prose works also appeared from Campbell’s pen; in 1807, the _Annals of Great Britain from the Accession of George III. to the Peace of Amiens_, was published anonymously in Edinburgh. He wrote also a _Life of Petrarch_ in 1841, and edited numerous works. In 1818, the long-planned _Specimens of the British Poets_ was produced in London. After this publication, Campbell delivered lectures at the Surrey Institution on English Poetry, and the public pronounced him to be as elegant a critic as he was a fine poet. In a pecuniary sense, everything he did prospered. In 1824 _Theodric_ was published, which, however, obtained small favour with the public. In fact a new style of poetry had superseded that of the day when the _Pleasures of Hope_ won golden opinions; Scott had since charmed the ear with his _Lay_ and his _Lady of the Lake_, and had been in turn supplanted by the fiery muse of Byron, and—though not then fully appreciated—the matchless melody and classic charm of Shelley. After the productions of these great poets, the calm and unimpassioned _Theodric_ fell flat on the public ear; in fact there is no comparison between it and the _Pleasures of Hope_. As a lyric poet, Campbell, however, continued unrivalled, and would have held his own place in our literature if he had never written more than the _Mariners of England_ and _Hohenlinden_. Nor did the _Pleasures of Hope_ lose its hold on public favour; it has retained it to this day, except in a certain clique of critics. There are passages in it which will ever have a strong hold on our sympathies; and which will be remembered when the half intelligible utterances of our more modern times shall only excite wonder and amusement. In 1827 one of Campbell’s early day-dreams, that of being Lord Rector of his own University, was gratified. He was chosen, though no less a rival than Sir Walter Scott was in the field, and he filled the position so well, and so much to the benefit of the University, that he was re-elected the two following years. In 1820 Colbourne offered him the editorship of the _New Monthly Magazine_, which he accepted and retained till 1830, at a salary of £500 per annum. His sub-editor—a very efficient one—was Mr. Cyrus Redding. In 1831 Campbell brought out the _Metropolitan Magazine_, editing it himself. Meantime much domestic affliction had fallen on him. He had lost a child, and his dear wife died in 1828, a loss which greatly affected him. But he made himself other strong interests besides domestic and literary ones. The Poles and the Greeks had enlisted his most ardent sympathies, and had the best aid of his pen. Moreover, he travelled in France and Germany, and in 1834 as far as Algiers, from whence he wrote the _Letters from the South_, published in the _Metropolitan Magazine_.