Greenfield contributed one review to the Quarterly Review under the name of Richardson. It disapproved morally of the novel Amélie Mansfield by Mme Cottin. He also assumed the name of Rutherfurd, his wife's mother's name. This circumstance led much literary gossip, including The Kaleidoscope magazine to suspect Greenfield as the author of the Waverley or "Scotch" novels. Some thought that Scott was not capable of being the author but Greenfield was. Greenfield was a full and visible and respected member of the Scottish literary scene.
