JOHN MURRAY AS A PUBLISHER
In considering the career of John Murray, the reader can hardly fail to
be struck with the remarkable manner in which his personal qualities
appeared to correspond with the circumstances out of which he built his
fortunes.
When he entered his profession, the standard of conduct in every
department of life connected with the publishing trade was determined by
aristocratic ideas. The unwritten laws which regulated the practice of
bookselling in the eighteenth century were derived from the Stationers'
Company. Founded as it had been on the joint principles of commercial
monopoly and State control, this famous organization had long lost its
old vitality. But it had bequeathed to the bookselling community a large
portion of its original spirit, both in the practice of cooperative
publication which produced the "Trade Books," so common in the last
century, and in that deep-rooted belief in the perpetuity of copyright,
which only received its death-blow from the celebrated judgment of the
House of Lords in the case of Donaldson _v_. Becket in 1774. Narrow and
exclusive as they may have been in their relation to the public
interest, there can be no doubt that these traditions helped to
constitute, in the dealings of the booksellers among themselves, a
standard of honour which put a certain curb on the pursuit of private
gain. It was this feeling which provoked such intense indignation in the
trade against the publishers who took advantage of their strict legal
rights to invade what was generally regarded as the property of their
brethren; while the sense of what was due to the credit, as well as to
the interest, of a great organized body, made the associated
booksellers zealous in the promotion of all enterprises likely to add to
the fame of English literature.
Again, there was something, in the best sense of the word, aristocratic
in the position of literature itself. Patronage, indeed, had declined.
The patron of the early days of the century, who, like Halifax, sought
in the Universities or in the London Coffee-houses for literary talent
to strengthen the ranks of political party, had disappeared, together
with the later and inferior order of patron, who, after the manner of
Bubb Dodington, nattered his social pride by maintaining a retinue of
poetical clients at his country seat. The nobility themselves, absorbed
in politics or pleasure, cared far less for letters than their fathers
in the reigns of Anne and the first two Georges. Hence, as Johnson said,
the bookseller had become the Maecenas of the age; but not the
bookseller of Grub Street. To be a man of letters was no longer a
reproach. Johnson himself had been rewarded with a literary pension, and
the names of almost all the distinguished scholars of the latter part of
the eighteenth century--Warburton, the two Wartons, Lowth, Burke, Hume,
Gibbon, Robertson--belong to men who either by birth or merit were in a
position which rendered them independent of literature as a source of
livelihood. The author influenced the public rather than the public the
author, while the part of the bookseller was restricted to introducing
and distributing to society the works which the scholar had designed.
Naturally enough, from such conditions arose a highly aristocratic
standard of taste. The centre of literary judgment passed from the
half-democratic society of the Coffee-house to the dining-room of
scholars like Cambridge or Beauclerk; and opinion, formed from the
brilliant conversation at such gatherings as the Literary Club;
afterwards circulated among the public either in the treatises of
individual critics, or in the pages of the two leading Monthly Reviews.
The society from which it proceeded, though not in the strict sense of
the word fashionable, was eminently refined and widely representative;
it included the politician, the clergyman, the artist, the connoisseur,
and was permeated with the necessary leaven of feminine intuition,
ranging from the observation of Miss Burney or the vivacity of Mrs.
Thrale, to the stately morality of Mrs. Montagu and Mrs. Hannah More.
On the other hand, the whole period of Murray's life as a publisher,
extending, to speak broadly, from the first French Revolution to almost
the eve of the French Revolution of 1848, was characterized in a marked
degree by the advance of Democracy. In all directions there was an
uprising of the spirit of individual liberty against the prescriptions
of established authority. In Politics the tendency is apparent in the
progress of the Reform movement. In Commerce it was marked by the
inauguration of the Free Trade movement. In Literature it made itself
felt in the great outburst of poetry at the beginning of the century,
and in the assertion of the superiority of individual genius to the
traditional laws of form.
The effect produced by the working of the democratic spirit within the
aristocratic constitution of society and taste may without exaggeration
be described as prodigious. At first sight, indeed, there seems to be a
certain abruptness in the transition from the highly organized society
represented in Boswell's "Life of Johnson," to the philosophical
retirement of Wordsworth and Coleridge. It is only when we look beneath
the surface that we see the old traditions still upheld by a small class
of Conservative writers, including Campbell, Rogers, and Crabbe, and, as
far as style is concerned, by some of the romantic innovators, Byron,
Scott, and Moore. But, generally speaking, the age succeeding the first
French Revolution exhibits the triumph of individualism. Society itself
is penetrated by new ideas; literature becomes fashionable; men of
position are no longer ashamed to be known as authors, nor women of
distinction afraid to welcome men of letters in their drawing-rooms. On
all sides the excitement and curiosity of the times is reflected in the
demand for poems, novels, essays, travels, and every kind of imaginative
production, under the name of _belles lettres_.
A certain romantic spirit of enterprise shows itself in Murray's
character at the very outset of his career. Tied to a partner of a petty
and timorous disposition, he seizes an early opportunity to rid himself
of the incubus. With youthful ardour he begs of a veteran author to be
allowed the privilege of publishing, as his first undertaking, a work
which he himself genuinely admired. He refuses to be bound by mere
trading calculations. "The business of a publishing bookseller," he
writes to a correspondent, "is not in his shop, or even in his
connections, but in his brains." In all his professional conduct a
largeness of view is apparent. A new conception of the scope of his
trade seems early to have risen in his mind, and he was perhaps the
first member of the Stationers' craft to separate the business of
bookselling from that of publishing. When Constable in Edinburgh sent
him "a miscellaneous order of books from London," he replied: "Country
orders are a branch of business which I have ever totally declined as
incompatible with my more serious plans as a publisher."
With ideas of this kind, it may readily be imagined that Murray was not
what is usually called "a good man of business," a fact of which he was
well aware, as the following incident, which occurred in his later
years, amusingly indicates.
The head of one of the larger firms with which he dealt came in person
to Albemarle Street to receive payment of his account. This was duly
handed to him in bills, which, by some carelessness, he lost on his way
home, He thereupon wrote to Mr. Murray, requesting him to advertise in
his own name for the lost property. Murray's reply was as follows:
TWICKENHAM, _October_ 26, 1841.
MY DEAR-----,
I am exceedingly sorry for the vexatious, though, I hope, only temporary
loss which you have met with; but I have so little character for being a
man of business, that if the bills were advertised in _my_ name it would
be publicly confirming the suspicion--but in your own name, it will be
only considered as a very extraordinary circumstance, and I therefore
give my impartial opinion in favour of the latter mode. Remaining, my
dear-----,
Most truly yours,
JOHN MURRAY.
The possession of ordinary commercial shrewdness, however, was by no
means the quality most essential for successful publishing at the
beginning of the nineteenth century. Both Constable and Ballantyne were
men of great cleverness and aptitude for business; but, wanting certain
higher endowments, they were unable to resist the whirl of excitement
accompanying an unprecedented measure of financial success. Their ruin
was as rapid as their rise. To Murray, on the other hand, perhaps their
inferior in the average arts of calculation, a vigorous native sense,
tempering a genuine enthusiasm for what was excellent in literature,
gave precisely that mixture of dash and steadiness which was needed to
satisfy the complicated requirements of the public taste.
A high sense of rectitude is apparent in all his business transactions;
and Charles Knight did him no more than justice in saying that he had
"left an example of talent and honourable conduct which would long be a
model for those who aim at distinction in the profession." He would have
nothing to do with what was poor and shabby. When it was suggested to
him, as a young publisher, that his former partner was ready to bear
part of the risk in a contemplated undertaking, he refused to associate
his fortunes with a man who conducted his business on methods that he
did not approve. "I cannot allow my name to stand with his, because he
undersells all other publishers at the regular and advertised prices."
Boundless as was his admiration for the genius of Scott and Byron, he
abandoned one of the most cherished objects of his ambition-to be the
publisher of new works by the author of "Waverley"--rather than involve
himself further in transactions which he foresaw must lead to discredit
and disaster; and, at the risk of a quarrel, strove to recall Byron to
the ways of sound literature, when through his wayward genius he seemed
to be drifting into an unworthy course.
In the same way, when the disagreement between the firms of Constable
and Longmans seemed likely to turn to his own advantage, instead of
making haste to seize the golden opportunity, he exerted himself to
effect a reconciliation between the disputants, by pointing out what he
considered the just and reasonable view of their mutual interests. The
letters which, on this occasion, he addressed respectively to Mr. A.G.
Hunter, to the Constables, and to the Longmans, are models of good sense
and manly rectitude. Nor was his conduct to Constable, after the
downfall of the latter, less worthy of admiration. Deeply as Constable
had injured him by the reckless conduct of his business, Murray not
only retained no ill-feeling against him, but, anxious simply to help a
brother in misfortune, resigned in his favour, in a manner full of the
most delicate consideration, his own claim to a valuable copyright. The
same warmth of heart and disinterested friendship appears in his efforts
to re-establish the affairs of the Robinsons after the failure of that
firm. Yet, remarkable as he was for his loyalty to his comrades, he was
no less distinguished by his spirit and independence. No man without a
very high sense of justice and self-respect could have conducted a
correspondence on a matter of business in terms of such dignified
propriety as Murray employed in addressing Benjamin Disraeli after the
collapse of the _Representative_. It is indeed a proof of power to
appreciate character, remarkable in so young a man, that Disraeli
should, after all that had passed between them, have approached Murray
in his capacity of publisher with complete confidence. He knew that he
was dealing with a man at once shrewd and magnanimous, and he gave him
credit for understanding how to estimate his professional interest apart
from his sense of private injury.
Perhaps his most distinguishing characteristic as a publisher was his
unfeigned love of literature for its own sake. His almost romantic
admiration for genius and its productions raised him above the
atmosphere of petty calculation. Not unfrequently it of course led him
into commercial mistakes, and in his purchase of Crabbe's "Tales" he
found to his cost that his enthusiastic appreciation of that author's
works and the magnificence of his dealings with him were not the measure
of the public taste. Yet disappointments of this kind in no way
embittered his temper, or affected the liberality with which he treated
writers like Washington Irving, of whose powers he had himself once
formed a high conception. The mere love of money indeed was never an
absorbing motive in Murray's commercial career, otherwise it is certain
that his course in the suppression of Byron's Memoirs would have been
something very different to that which he actually pursued. On the
perfect letter which he wrote to Scott, presenting him with his fourth
share in "Marmion," the best comment is the equally admirable letter in
which Scott returned his thanks. The grandeur--for that seems the
appropriate word--of his dealings with men of high genius, is seen in
his payments to Byron, while his confidence in the solid value of
literary excellence appears from the fact that, when the _Quarterly_ was
not paying its expenses, he gave Southey for his "Life of Nelson" double
the usual rate of remuneration. No doubt his lavish generosity was
politic as well as splendid. This, and the prestige which he obtained as
Byron's publisher, naturally drew to him all that was vigorous and
original in the intellect of the day, so that there was a general desire
among young authors to be introduced to the public under his auspices.
The relations between author and publisher which had prevailed in the
eighteenth century were, in his case, curiously inverted, and, in the
place of a solitary scholar like Johnson, surrounded by an association
of booksellers, the drawing-room of Murray now presented the remarkable
spectacle of a single publisher acting as the centre of attraction to a
host of distinguished writers.
In Murray the spirit of the eighteenth century seemed to meet and
harmonize with the spirit of the nineteenth. Enthusiasm, daring,
originality, and freedom from conventionality made him eminently a man
of his time, and, in a certain sense, he did as much as any of his
contemporaries to swell that movement in his profession towards complete
individual liberty which had been growing almost from the foundation of
the Stationers' Company. On the other hand, in his temper, taste, and
general principles, he reflected the best and most ancient traditions of
his craft. Had his life been prolonged, he would have witnessed the
disappearance in the trade of many institutions which he reverenced and
always sought to develop. Some of them, indeed, vanished in his own
life-time. The old association of booksellers, with its accompaniment of
trade-books, dwindled with the growth of the spirit of competition and
the greater facility of communication, so that, long before his death,
the co-operation between the booksellers of London and Edinburgh was no
more than a memory. Another institution which had his warm support was
the Sale dinner, but this too has all but succumbed, of recent years, to
the existing tendency for new and more rapid methods of conducting
business. The object of the Sale dinner was to induce the great
distributing houses and the retail booksellers to speculate, and buy an
increased supply of books on special terms. Speculation has now almost
ceased in consequence of the enormous number of books published, which
makes it difficult for a bookseller to keep a large stock of any single
work, and renders the life of a new book so precarious that the demand
for it may at any moment come to a sudden stop.
The country booksellers--a class in which Murray was always deeply
interested--are dying out. Profits on books being cut down to a minimum,
these tradesmen find it almost impossible to live by the sale of books
alone, and are forced to couple this with some other kind of business.
The apparent risk involved in Murray's extraordinary spirit of adventure
was in reality diminished by the many checks which in his day operated
on competition, and by the high prices then paid for ordinary books. Men
were at that time in the habit of forming large private libraries, and
furnishing them with the sumptuous editions of travels and books of
costly engraving issued from Murray's press. The taste of the time has
changed. Collections of books have been superseded, as a fashion, by
collections of pictures, and the circulating library encourages the
habit of reading books without buying them. Cheap bookselling, the
characteristic of the age, has been promoted by the removal of the tax
on paper, and by the fact that paper can now be manufactured out of
refuse at a very low cost. This cheapness, the ideal condition for which
Charles Knight sighed, has been accompanied by a distinct deterioration
in the taste and industry of the general reader. The multiplication of
reviews, magazines, manuals, and abstracts has impaired the love of, and
perhaps the capacity for, study, research, and scholarship on which the
general quality of literature must depend. Books, and even knowledge,
like other commodities, may, in proportion to the ease with which they
are obtained, lose at once both their external value and their intrinsic
merit.
Murray's professional success is sufficient evidence of the extent of
his intellectual powers. The foregoing Memoir has confined itself almost
exclusively to an account of his life as a publisher, and it has been
left to the reader's imagination to divine from a few glimpses how much
of this success was due to force of character and a rare combination of
personal qualities. A few concluding words on this point may not be
inappropriate.
Quick-tempered and impulsive, he was at the same time warm-hearted and
generous to a fault, while a genuine sense of humour, which constantly
shows itself in his letters, saved him many a time from those troubles
into which the hasty often fall. "I wish," wrote George Borrow, within a
short time of the publisher's death, "that all the world were as gay as
he."
He was in some respects indolent, and not infrequently caused serious
misunderstandings by his neglect to answer letters; but when he did
apply himself to work, he achieved results more solid than most of his
compeers. He had, moreover, a wonderful power of attraction, and both in
his conversation and correspondence possessed a gift of felicitous
expression which rarely failed to arouse a sympathetic response in those
whom he addressed. Throughout "the trade" he was beloved, and he rarely
lost a friend among those who had come within his personal influence.
He was eager to look for, and quick to discern, any promise of talent in
the young. "Every one," he would say, "has a book in him, or her, if one
only knew how to extract it," and many was the time that he lent a
helping hand to those who were first entering on a literary career.
To his remarkable powers as a host, the many descriptions of his dinner
parties which have been preserved amply testify; he was more than a mere
entertainer, and took the utmost pains so to combine and to place his
guests as best to promote sympathetic conversation and the general
harmony of the gathering. Among the noted wits and talkers, moreover,
who assembled round his table he was fully able to hold his own in
conversation and in repartee.
On one occasion Lady Bell was present at one of these parties, and
wrote: "The talk was of wit, and Moore gave specimens. Charles thought
that our host Murray said the best things that brilliant night."
Many of the friends whose names are most conspicuous in these pages had
passed away before him, but of those who remained there was scarcely one
whose letters do not testify to the general affection with which he was
regarded. We give here one or two extracts from letters received during
his last illness.
Thomas Mitchell wrote to Mr. Murray's son:
"Give my most affectionate remembrances to your father. More than once I
should have sunk under the ills of life but for his kind support and
countenance, and so I believe would many others say besides myself. Be
his maladies small or great, assure him that he has the earnest
sympathies of one who well knows and appreciates his sterling merits."
Sir Francis Palgrave, who had known Mr. Murray during the whole course
of his career, wrote to him affectionately of "the friendship and
goodwill which," said he, "you have borne towards me during a period of
more than half my life. I am sure," he added, "as we grow older we find
day by day the impossibility of finding _any_ equivalent for old
friends." Sharon Turner also, the historian, was most cordial in his
letters.
"Our old friends," he said, "are dropping off so often that it becomes
more and more pleasing to know that some still survive whom we esteem
and by whom we are not forgotten.... Certainly we can look back on each
other now for forty years, and I can do so as to you with great pleasure
and satisfaction, when, besides the grounds of private satisfaction and
esteem, I think of the many works of great benefit to society which you
have been instrumental in publishing, and in some instances of
suggesting and causing. You have thus made your life serviceable to the
world as well as honourable to yourself.... You are frequently in my
recollections, and always with those feelings which accompanied our
intercourse in our days of health and activity. May every blessing
accompany you and yours, both here and hereafter."
It was not only in England that his loss was felt, for the news of his
death called forth many tokens of respect and regard from beyond the
seas, and we will close these remarks with two typical extracts from the
letters of American correspondents.
To Mr. Murray's son, Dr. Robinson of New York summed up his qualities in
these words:
"I have deeply sympathised with the bereaved family at the tidings of
the decease of one of whom I have heard and read from childhood, and to
whose kindness and friendship I had recently been myself so much
indebted. He has indeed left you a rich inheritance, not only by his
successful example in business and a wide circle of friends, but also
in that good name which is better than all riches. He lived in a
fortunate period--his own name is inseparably connected with one of the
brightest eras of English literature--one, too, which, if not created,
was yet developed and fostered by his unparalleled enterprise and
princely liberality. I counted it a high privilege to be connected with
him as a publisher, and shall rejoice in continuing the connection with
his son and successor."
Mrs. L.H. Sigourney wrote from Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.:
"Your father's death is a loss which is mourned on this side of the
Atlantic. His powerful agency on the patronage of a correct literature,
which he was so well qualified to appreciate, has rendered him a
benefactor in that realm of intellect which binds men together in all
ages, however dissevered by political creed or local prejudice. His
urbanity to strangers is treasured with gratitude in many hearts. To me
his personal kindness was so great that I deeply regretted not having
formed his acquaintance until just on the eve of my leaving London. But
his parting gifts are among the chief ornaments of my library, and his
last letter, preserved as a sacred autograph, expresses the kindness of
a friend of long standing, and promises another 'more at length,' which,
unfortunately, I had never the happiness of receiving."
THE END
INDEX
Abercorn, Marq. and Marchioness of,
Allegra, death of; buried at Harrow,
Athenaeum Club,
Austen, Miss Jane, "Northanger
Abbey,"; Novels published
by Murray,
Austria, Empress of,
Baillie, Miss Joanna,
Ballantyne & Co. (John & James),
bill transactions with Murray;
partnership with
Scott; proposed edition of
"British Novelists,"; Works
of De Foe; James B. meets
Murray at Boroughbridge;
appointed Edinburgh agents for
_Q.R._; views on _Q.R._;
close alliance with Murray;
financial difficulties;
breach with Murray; failure
of _Edinburgh Ann. Reg_.;
"Waverley,"; "Lord of the
Isles,"; "Don Roderick,";
Scott's proposed letters
from the Continent; proposal
to Murray and Blackwood
about Scott's works; in
debt to Scott; "Tales of
my Landlord," "The Black
Dwarf,"; bankruptcy;
death of John Ballantyne,
Barker, Miss,
Barrow, Sir John, induced by
Canning to write for _Q. R_.;
visit to Gifford; consulted
by Murray about voyages or
travels; nicknamed "Chronometer"
by B. Disraeli,
Bartholdy, Baron,
Barton, Bernard,
Basevi, junr., George,
Bastard, Capt.,
Beattie, Dr.,
Bedford, Grosvenor,
Bell, Lady,
Bell & Bradfute,
Bellenden, Mary,
Belzoni, Giovanni,
Berry, Miss, edits "Horace Walpole's
Reminiscences,"
Blackwood, William, appointed
Murray's Agent for Scotland;
visits Murray; intimacy with
Murray; early career;
threatens Constable with proceedings
for printing Byron's
"Poems,"; refuses to sell
"Don Juan,"; alliance and
correspondence with Murray;
Ballantyne's proposals
about Scott's works; _Blackwood's
Magazine_ started;
Murray's remonstrance about the
personality of articles;
Hazlitts libel action;
interested with Murray in various
works,
_Blackwood's Magazine_ started
(first called _Edinburgh Magazine_);
article attacking
Byron; "Ancient Chaldee
MS.,"; "The Cockney
School of Poetry,"; personality
of articles,;
"Hypocrisy Unveiled," etc.;
Murray retires from--Cadell and
Davies appointed London Agents
for,
Blessington, Countess of, "Conversations
with Lord Byron,"
Blewitt, Octavian,
Borrow, George,
his youth;
capacity for learning languages;
appointed Agent to the Bible Society--Russia, Norway, Turkey and Spain,
his translation of the Bible;
called Lavengro,
his splendid physique,
"Gypsies of Spain,"
"The Bible in Spain,"
as a horse-breaker,
remarks on Allan Cunningham's death,
asked to become a member of the Royal Institution,
"Boswell's Johnson,"
Croker's edition of,
Bray, Mrs.,
Brockedon, William,
his portrait of the Countess Guiccioli,
his help in Murray's Handbooks,
Brougham, Lord,
his article in _Ed. Rev._ on Dr. Young's theory of light,
Chairman of the Society for the diffusion of Useful Knowledge,
Broughton, Lord, _see_ Hobhouse.
Buccleuch, Duke of,
his present of a farm to James Hogg,
Butler, Charles,
"Books on the R. Cath. Church,"
Burney, Dr.,
Buxton, Thos. Powell,
"Slave Trade and its Remedy,"
Byron, Lord,
first association and meeting with Murray,
"Childe Harold,"
presented to Prince Regent,
friendship with Scott,
"Giaour," "Bride of Abydos,"
"Corsair,"
"Ode to Napoleon,"
"Lara,"
marriage,
meets Scott at Murray's house,
remarks on Battle of Waterloo,
portrait by Phillips,
kindness to Maturin,
dealings with Murray,
residence in Piccadilly,
pecuniary embarrassments,
Murray's generous offer,
Murray's remonstrance,
"Siege of Corinth" and "Parisina,"
separation from wife,
sale of effects,
"Sketch from Private Life,"
leaves England,
"Childe Harold" and "Prisoner of Chillon,"
remarks on Scott's Review of "Childe Harold," Canto III.,
"Manfred,"
attack of fever at Venice,
"Childe Harold," Canto IV.,
visit from Hobhouse,
his bust by Thorwaldsen,
correspondence with Murray in 1817 to 1822,
"Beppo,"
Frere's "Whistlecraft,"
at Venice,
opinion of Southey,
"Don Juan," Cantos I. and II.;
Murray's suggestions as to,
hatred of Romilly,
"Letter of Julia,"
"Mazeppa," "Ode to Venice,"
Copyright of "Don Juan,"
Countess Guiccioli: proposal to visit S. America,
"Don Juan," Cantos III. and IV.,
"Don Juan," Canto V.,
Murray's refusal to publish further Cantos of "Don Juan,"
"My boy Hobby O!"
Hobhouse's anger,
Whig Club at Cambridge,
pamphlet on "Bowles' strictures,"
"Sardanapalus,"
"The Two Foscari," "Cain, a Mystery,"
injunction in case of "Cain,"
death and burial of Allegra,
illness, and last letter to Murray,
adopts Hato or Hatagée,
the Suliotes incident,
death: Murray's application for his burial in Westminster Abbey refused,
Memoirs and Moore,
destruction of Memoirs,
agreement between Moore and Murray,
Moore undertakes to write "Life,"
Murray's negotiations with Moore as to "Life,"
agreement as to "Life,"
Vol. I. of "Life" published,
Vol. II.,
Murray's proposed edition of his works,
Thorwaldsen's statue refused by Dean of Westminster,
attempt to alter Dean's decision;
the statue placed in library of Trinity College, Cambridge,
Byron, Lady, her offer to Murray
for redemption of Byron's Memoirs,
Cadell & Davies, appointed London Agents
for _Blackwood's Magazine_,
Callcott, Lady, _see_ Graham, Mrs.
Campbell, Thomas, "Pleasures o
Hope," "Hohenlinden," "The
Exile of Erin," "Ye Mariners of
England," "Battle of the Baltic,"
"Lochiel's Warning"; correspondence
with Scott; intimacy
with Murray;
proposed "Selection from British
Poets"; "Gertrude
of Wyoming"; Lectures on
Poetry; "Now Barabbas
was a Publisher"; his
opinion of Mrs. Hemans's "Records
of Woman,"
Canning, George, starts _Anti-Jacobin_;
assists in starting _Quarterly Review_;
article in _Q.R._ on "Austrian
State Papers"; on Spain;
views on the Royal Society
of Literature; opinion of
"Waverley"; letters from
Gifford; called "X."
by Benjamin Disraeli,
Canning, Stratford, "The Miniature";
connection with
_Q.R._; introduces Gifford
to Murray; his mission to
Constantinople,
Carlyle, Thomas, recommended to
Murray by Lord Jeffrey;
correspondence with Murray
about "Sartor Resartus";
"Sartor Resartus" declined
by other publishers;
returns to Craigenputtock;
"Sartor Resartus" published in
_Fraser's Magazine_, and, through
Emerson's influence, in United
States,
Cawthorn, publisher of "English
Bards and Scotch Reviewers,"
Cervetto,
Chantrey, Sir F., calls Murray "a
brother Cyclops," _note_
Chesterfield, Lord,
Cleghorn, James, Editor of _Blackwood's
Magazine_,
Colburn, the publisher, "Vivian
Grey"; declines "Sartor
Resartus,"
Coleridge, John Taylor; appointed
Editor to _Quarterly
Review_; wishes to resign
editorship,
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor;
correspondence with Murray;
Goethe's "Faust";
"Wallenstein"; "The
Friend"; "Remorse,"
"Glycine," "Christabel,"
"Christmas Tale," "Zapolya";
opinion of Frere,
Colman's Comedy, "John Bull,"
Colquhoun, Rt. Hon. J.C. (Lord
Advocate),
Colquhoun, John, "The Moor and
the Loch"; correspondence
with Murray; dissatisfaction
with Blackwood; visit to
London and interview with
Murray,
Constable, Archibald (Constable &
Co.); _Farmer's Magazine,
Scots Magazine, Edinburgh
Review_; his partner,
A.G. Hunter; appointed
Murray's agent; "Sir Tristram"
and "Lay of the Last
Minstrel"; breach with
Longman; injunction as to
_Edin. Rev._ obtained by Longman;
letter from Jeffrey;
Murray's remonstrances as to
drawing bills;
establishes London House;
breach with Murray;
final breach with Murray;
fresh alliance with Scott;
Campbell's "Selections from the British Poets";
Poems by Byron on his Domestic Circumstances;
Mrs. Markham's "History of England";
bankruptcy;
renews friendship with Murray;
death,
Cooper, James Fenimore,
Coplestone,
Copyright Bill, the, Mr. Gladstone's remarks on,
Coxe, Archdeacon,
Crabbe, "Tales of the Hall," and other poems,
Creech and Elliot
Croker, Crofton
Croker, John Wilson,
visit to Prince Regent,
portrait by Eddis,
"Stories for Children on Hist. of England",
on "Don Juan" and Byron,
takes charge of _Q.R._ during Gifford's illness,
views on the _Monthly Register_,
edits Lady Hervey's Letters,
opinion of the Waldegrave and Walpole Memoirs,
edits the Suffolk Papers,
edits Mrs. Delany's Letters,
Lockhart's opinion of him,
"Boswell's Johnson",
opinion of Moore's "Life of Byron",
Moore's "Life of Lord Fitzgerald"
Cumberland, Richard,
"John de Lancaster"
Cumming, Thomas
Cunningham, Allan,
"Paul Jones: a Romance",
his death,
"Memoirs of Sir D. Wilkie",
Lockhart's article in _Q.R._ on the "Memoirs"
Cunningham, Rev. J.W.,
and the burial of Allegra at Harrow
Cuthill
Dacre, Lady (Mrs. Wilmot)
Dagley (the engraver)
Dallas, Mr.
Davies, Annie,
Gifford's housekeeper
Davy, Sir Humphry,
"Salmonia, or Days of Fly-Fishing"
D'Haussez, Baron
Delany, Mrs.
De Quincy
De Staël, Madame,
ordered to quit Paris,
a frequenter of Murray's drawing-room
Disraeli, Benjamin,
"Aylmer Papillon," "History of Paul Jones",
correspondence with Murray,
pamphlets on Mining Speculations,
connection with Messrs. Powles,
partner with Murray and Powles in _Representative_,
letters to Murray on the _Representative_ negotiations,
description of York Cathedral,
visits Lockhart,
interview with Scott at Chiefswood,
second visit to Scotland, and exertions on behalf of _Representative_
drops his connection with _Representative_,
"Vivian Grey" and "Contarini Fleming",
renewal of correspondence with Murray,
travels in Spain, etc.,
Radical candidate for Wycombe,
attended by Tita (Byron's Gondolier),
"Gallomania",
publishes reply to criticisms on "Gallomania"
D'Israeli, Isaac,
"Curiosities of Literature",
friendship with Murray,
"Flim-Flams",
birth of his son Benjamin,
Murray's marriage-settlement,
Trustee,
advice about _Q.R._,
"Calamities of Authors",
"Character of James I.",
impromptu on Belzoni,
meets Washington Irving at Murray's,
consulted by Murray as to _Representative_,
proposed pamphlet on his misunderstanding with Murray
D'Oyley, Rev. Dr.
Dudley, Lord,
his "Letters"
Eastlake, Sir Charles L.,
"Translation of Memoirs of the Carbonari",
Mrs. Graham's interest in
Eaton, Mrs.
Ebrington, Lord
_Edinburgh Annual Register_
_Edinburgh Magazine_ and _Review_
_Edinburgh Review_ started,
published by Murray,
its great success,
injunction obtained by Longman,
Jeffrey, editor of,
articles on "Marmion",
on "Don Cevallos on the Occupation of Spain"
Eldon, Lord,
on copyright of "Cain"
Elliot, Miss;
marries John Murray II.
Elliot, Charles
Ellis, George; letters from
Scott; friendship with
Scott; contributes to _Q.R._;
constant critic of the _Q. R_.;
article on Spain;
on ponderous articles in _Q.R._;
advice as to punctuality in
issuing _Q. R_.
Ellis, Sir Henry, "Embassy to China"
Emerson, friendship with Carlyle
Erskine, William
Everett, A.H.
Faber, Rev. G.S.
Falconer, William, "The Shipwreck";
lost at sea
"Family Library," works comprising
Fazakerly's interview with Napoleon
Ferriar, Dr., on "Apparitions"
Field, Barron
Ford's "Dramatic Works"
Ford, Richard, "Handbook to
Spain"; opinion of
Borrow
Foscolo, Ugo
Fraser, Rev. Alexander
Fraser, Mr., offers £150 for "Sartor
Resartus"
Frere, John Hookham;
Coleridge's opinion of;
his marriage; "Whistle-craft"
Froissart
Galignani
Garden, Mrs., "Memorials of James Hogg"
Gifford, William, introduced to
Murray; accepts editorship
of _Q. R_.; advice from Scott
on _Q. R_.; Southey and
the _Q. R_.; unpunctuality as
editor; at Ryde;
George Canning and the _Q. R_.;
Southey's "Life of Nelson";
Miss A.T. Palmer's bribe;
disagreement with Murray;
wages war with _Edin. Rev._;
relations with Murray;
opinion of Pillans; bad health;
Murray's present;
opinion of W.S. Landor;
review of Ford's "Dramatic
Works"; on Charles
Lamb--his deep grief;
opinion of "Childe Harold";
illness and death of his
housekeeper; opinion of
Southey; memorial to his
housekeeper; libellous attack
on him; opinion of Miss
Austen's novels; of Maturin;
illness at Dover; Murray
gives him a carriage;
Byron's "unlordly scrape";
edition of "Ben Jonson";
illness; Croker
akes charge of _Q. R_.;
opinion of Milman's "Fall of
Jerusalem"; letter to George
Canning; resigns editorship;
declines Oxford degree;
his death and burial in
Westminster Abbey; will;
character; love for
children; venomous attack
upon him
Gladstone, Rt. Hon. W.E., Tory
member for Newark; proposal
to Murray about "Church
and State"; visit to Holland;
"Church and State" published,
and "Church Principles";
letter to Murray on Copyright
Bill
Gleig, Rev. George
Glenbervie, Lord
Gooch, Dr., anecdote of Lord Nelson
Gordon, General Sir Robert
Graham, Mrs. (Lady Callcott);
intimacy with Murray
Grahame's "British Georgies"
Grant, Sir Robert; his articles
in _Q.R._ on "Character of the late
C.J. Fox"
Greenfield
Guiccioli, Countess; Murray's
kindness to; Brockedon's
portrait of
Gurney, Joseph
Gurwood, Col., editor of Wellington
"Despatches"
Haber, Baron de
Hall, Capt. Basil
Hall, Sir James,
Hall, S.C.,
Hallam, Henry,
friendship with Murray,
"Middle Ages,"
"Constitutional History,"
Hamilton, Walter,
"East India Gazetteer,"
"Description of Hindostan and Adjacent Countries,"
Hamilton, Sir William,
"Handbooks," Murray's,
Hanson, Mr. (Byron's solicitor),
Hastings, Warren,
Hato, or Hatagée,
Greek child adopted by Byron,
Hay, R.W.,
Hazlitt, William,
his libellous pamphlet on Gifford,
action for libel against Blackwood and Murray,
Heber, Bishop (Rev. Reginald),
Heber, Richard,
Hemans, Mrs.,
"Records of Woman,"
Herschell, Sir John,
on Dr. Young's theory of light,
Hervey, Lady,
"Letters, etc.,"
Highley, Samuel,
Hoare, Prince,
"Epochs of the Arts,"
Hobhouse, John Cam (Lord Broughton),
"Journey through Albania, etc., with Lord Byron,"
"Last Reign of Napoleon,"
visits Byron at Venice,
his inscription for Thorwaldsen's bust of Byron,
on Byron's intention to visit S. America,
imprisoned for breach of privilege,
"My boy Hobby O!"--his account of the Whig Club at Cambridge,
Byron's executor,
anxiety about a complete edition of Byron's Works,
Hodgson, Rev. Francis,
Hogg, James,
"Ettrick Shepherd,"
"The Queen's Wake,"
"The Pilgrims of the Sun,"
correspondence with Murray,
Duke of Buccleuch gives him a farm,
supposed to be author of "Tales of my Landlord,"
contributor to _Blackwood's Magazine_,
said to be author of the "Chaldee Manuscript,"
helped by Scott and Murray,
"Jacobite Relics of Scotland,"
Holland, Lord,
"Life of Lope de Vega and Inez de Castro,"
on Napoleon's treatment at St. Helena,
opinion of "Tales of my Landlord,"
proposals to Murray about the Waldegrave and Walpole Memoirs,
Holland, Rev. W. (Canon of Chichester),
Hope, Thomas,
"Anastasius, or Memoirs of a Modern Greek, etc.,"
Hoppner, Mr.,
Horton, Sir Robert Wilmot,
letter from Murray with particulars of the destruction of
Byron's Memoirs,
Howard, Mrs.,
Hume, Joseph,
Hunt, John,
Hunt, Leigh,
joint Editor of the _Examiner_,
in gaol for libelling Prince Regent,
correspondence with Murray about "Story of Rimini,"
"Recollections of Lord Byron and some of his Contemporaries,"
Hunter, Alexander G.,
Hunter, Charles,
Hurst, Rohinson & Co.,
Inchbald, Mrs.,
Ireland, Dr. John (Dean of Westminster),
proposed burial of Byron in the Abbey,
Gifford's executor,
Byron's statue,
Irving, Peter,
Irving, Washington,
account of a dinner at Murray's,
"Sketch Book,"
"Bracebridge Hall,"
letter from Murray as to _Representative_,
Jameson, Mrs.,
"Guide to the Picture Galleries of London,"
Jeffrey, Francis,
Editor of _Edinburgh Review,_
opinion of Wordsworth, Southey, and Coleridge,
Southey's opinion of him,
"Don Cevallos on the Occupation of Spain,"
party politics in _Ed. Rev_.,
recommends Carlyle to Murray,
his interview with Murray,
Jerdan, William
his erroneous account in _Literary Gazette_ of destruction
of Byron's Memoirs,
on Gifford,
Kean, Charles,
in "Bertram,"
in "Manuel,"
Keats' "Endymion" reviewed in _Q.R._,
Kerr, William,
Kerr, Robert,
Kinnaird, Honble. Douglas, and "Childe Harold,"
letter to Murray,
Kinneir, Macdonald, "Persia,"
Kingsburg, Miss Harriet (Mrs. Maturin),
Knight, Charles,
"Library of Entertaining Knowledge,"
remarks on Murray's honourable conduct,
Knight, H. Gally,
Lamb, Lady Caroline,
"Glenarvon,"
opinion of Byron's works,
correspondence with Murray,
"Penruddock,"
"Ada Reis,"
Lamb, Charles,
Lamb, Honble. George,
Lamb, Honble. William (Lord Melbourne),
Lamennais' "Paroles d'un Croyant,"
Landor, W.S., "Remarks upon C.J. Fox's Memoirs,"
Lauderdale, Lord,
Lavater on Physiognomy,
Leigh, Honble. Augusta, her wish that Byron's Memoirs should be
destroyed,
Levinge, Godfrey,
Leyden's "Africa,"
Lieven, Prince,
Lindo, Mr. and Mrs.,
Llandaff, Bishop of, "Lord Dudley's Letters,"
Lockhart, John, the "Littlejohn," to whom Scott's "Tales of a
Grandfather" were addressed,
Lockhart, John Gibson, contributor to _Blackwood's Magazine_,
article on "The Cockney School of Poetry,"
challenges the anonymous author of "Hypocrisy Unveiled, etc.,"
called "M." by B. Disraeli,
at Chiefswood,
B. Disraeli's visit,
editorship of _Representative_ offered to him,
Scott's opinion of him, 261, 273
accepts editorship of _Q.R._,
his success as Editor of _Q.R._,
relations with Murray,
opinion of Wordsworth's poems,
visit to Brighton with Scott,
interview with Duke of Wellington,
at Abbotsford,
Scott's death: writes his "Life,"
remarks on Croker's edition of "Boswell's Johnson,"
on Taylor's "Isaac Comnenus,"
"Life of Napoleon,"
opinion of early part of Moore's "Life of Byron,"
opinion of "Contarini Fleming,"
article on Borrow's "Bible in Spain,"
on Wilkie,
his illness,
Longman & Co.,
breach with Constable,
Murray's intervention,
injunction as to _Edin. Rev_.,
accept £1,000 for claim on _Edin. Rev_.,
Coleridge's "Wallenstein,"
offer to Campbell,
Crabbe's poems declined,
advertise an edition of Mrs. Rundell's "Domestic Cookery,"
injunction granted to Murray,
refuse to publish "Sartor Resartus,"
Longman, Thos., on the danger of reading in bed,
Lyndhurst, Lord,
Lyttelton, Lord, "Dialogues of the Dead," "History of King Henry II.,"
Maas, of Coblentz,
Macaulay, Lord, his articles in _Edin. Rev_., on Crokers's "Boswell's
Johnson,"
Gladstone's "Church and State,"
Macirone, Col.
Mackay, the actor
Mackintosh, Sir James
Macleod, John,
"Voyage of H.M.S. _Alceste_ to Loochoo"
Macready, W.C.
Maginn, Dr.
Magnus, Samuel,
his testimonial to Dean Milman
Mahon, Lord (Earl Stanhope)
Malcolm, Sir John
"Sketch of the Sikhs"
Malthus,
"Rent," "Corn-Laws," "Essay on Population"
Markham, Mrs.,
"History of England"
Mason, Rev. William (T. Gray's executor)
controversy with Murray
Maturin, Rev. Chas. Robert
his early life and marriage; "The Fatal Revenge," "The Wild Irish
Boy," "The Milesian Chief," "Bertram"
"Bertram" at Drury Lane
"Manuel"
his death
Maule, William
Mavrocordato, Prince
Mawman, Joseph
Medwin, Capt. Thomas,
"Conversations of Lord Byron"
Melbourne, Lord (_see_ Lamb)
Mémoires pour servir
Milbanke, Miss
Mill, James,
"History of British India"
Mill, John Stuart
Miller, John
Miller, Robert
Miller, William,
of Albemarle Street
Mills, James
Milman, Dean (Rev. H.H.)
"Fall of Jerusalem"
one of Murray's Historians
"History of Christianity"
"History of the Jews" received with disapprobation; his remarks
on Sharon Turner's Expostulation; testimonial from the Jews
opinion of "Contarini Fleming"
Mirza, Abul Hassan,
impressions of English Society
Mitchell, Thomas
impressions of Ugo Foscolo
opinion of Murray
Mitford,
"History of Greece"
_Monthly Register_
Moore, Thomas
opinion of "The Corsair"
presented with Byron's Memoirs
offers them to Longman
accepted by Murray
their destruction
reconciled to Murray and undertakes "Life of Byron"
his views on Cookery Books and on Mrs. Rundell's "Domestic
Cookery"
agreement with Murray as to "Life of Byron," receives £3,000
from Murray for "Life"
Lockhart's opinion of the "Life"
Vol. I. of "Life" published
Vol. II. of "Life" published; Mrs. Somerville's opinion of it
"Thoughts on Editors"
Murray's proposal as to a complete edition of Byron's works
Morgan, Lady
Morier, James,
"Hajji Baba"
Morritt,
of Rokeby Park
Murat, King of Naples
Murray, Sir George
Murray, Joe (Byron's Steward)
Murray I., John.
1745-68--His birth and early years
1768--Marriage and retirement from Royal Marines
offers partnership to W. Falconer
purchases W. Sandby's business
early publications
1769-70--Support from Sir R. Gordon and his old comrades
money difficulties
agents in Ireland and Scotland
1771--Defence of Sir R. Gordon
1777-78--Second marriage
controversy with Rev. W. Mason
1782-93--Paralytic stroke
his son's education and character
Dr. Johnson's funeral
illness and death
Murray II., John
called by Lord Byron "The Anax of Publishers,"
nicknamed "The Emperor of the West,"
1778-92--Birth,
at Edinburgh High School,
at school at Margate,
at school at Gosport,
sight of one eye destroyed,
1793--At school at Kennington,
1795--Enters his father's business firm of Murray & Highley,
1802--Dissolves partnership with Highley and starts business
alone,
1803--Offers to publish Colman's Comedy "John Bull,"
money difficulties,
military duties,
friendship with Isaac D'Israeli,
Isaac D'Israeli's "Narrative Poems,"
business transactions with Constable,
appoints Constable his agent in Edinburgh;
pushes sale of _Edinburgh Review_,
1804--Birth of Benjamin Disraeli,
takes Charles Hunter as apprentice,
1805--Isaac D'Israeli's letters to him,
attempts to reconcile Constable and Longman,
expedition to Edinburgh,
attachment to Miss Elliot,
1806--The "Miniature" and Stratford Canning,
introduced to George Canning,
close attention to business,
visits Edinburgh,
engagement to Miss Elliot,
financial position,
appointed publisher of _Edinburgh Review_,
Campbell's proposed Magazine and "Selection from British Poets,"
1807--Marries Miss Elliot,
I. D'Israeli one of his Trustees,
friendship with Sharon Turner,
injunction in the matter of the _Edinburgh Review_,
remonstrates with Constable about drawing bills,
breach with Constable,
bill transactions with Ballantyne,
writes to George Canning proposing a new Review,
1808--"Marmion" and friendship with Scott,
proposed edition of the "British Novelists,"
De Foe's works,
introduced to Gifford by Stratford Canning,
visits Scott at Ashestiel,
correspondence about _Quarterly Review_,
Gifford accepts editorship,
Missionary Reports and Southey's article in
_Q.R._,
article on Spain for _Q.R._ by Canning, Gifford, and Ellis,
correspondence with Mrs. Inchbald,
1809--Meets Ballantyne at Boroughbridge,
appoints Ballantyne Edinburgh publisher
of _Q.R._,
Scott's _Life of Swift_,
_Q.R._, No. 1 published,
urges Scott to visit London,
letter to Stratford Canning,
exertions to procure contributors,
Mrs. Rundell's "Domestic Cookery,"
close alliance with Ballantyne,
Grahame's "British Georgies" and Scott's "English Ministrelsy,"
financial difficulties with Ballantyne,
letter from Campbell on "Selection from British Poets,"
Campbell's Gertrude of "Wyoming,"
1810--Breach with Ballantyne,
appoints W. Blackwood his agent in Scotland,
Southey's "Life of Nelson,"
money difficulties--Ballantyne's bills,
transfers printing business,
Constable's bills,
decrease in circulation of _Q.R._,
1811--Relations with Gifford,
improvement of _Q.R._,
generosity to Gifford,
origin of his connection with Byron,
"Childe Harold,"
1812--Ballantyne's bills again,
purchases stock of Miller,
of Albemarle Street,
removes to Albemarle Street,
Constable's bills,
final breach with Constable,
complete success of _Q.R._
refuses "The Rejected Addresses,"
1813--"The Giaour," and "The Bride of Abydos,"
Sir J. Malcolm,
I. D'Israeli's "Calamities of Authors,"
Scott's bill transactions,
Mme. de Staël at Albemarle Street,
other books published by him during the year,
1814--"The Corsair,"
"Ode to Napoleon,"
"Lara and Jacqueline,"
Mrs. Murray's visit to Leith,
letters to Mrs. Murray,
visit from Blackwood,
dines with I. D'Israeli,
education of his son John,
visit to D'Israeli at Brighton,
description of Newstead Abbey,
Byron's skull-cup,
trip to Edinburgh,
alliance with Blackwood,
visit to Abbotsford,
shares in Scott's "Don Roderick,"
correspondence with Coleridge,
1815--Drawing-room in Albemarle Street,
Mme. de Staël,
first meeting of Scott and Byron,
Napoleon's escape from Elba,
sends first news of Battle of Waterloo to Blackwood,
literary parties,
portraits of distinguished men,
trip to Paris,
Scott's proposed letters from the Continent,
Napoleon's personal correspondence with crowned heads, etc., of
Europe,
publishes Miss Austen's "Emma,"
begins to publish Malthus' works,
correspondence with Leigh Hunt as to the "Story of Rimini,"
correspondence with James Hogg,
dealings with Byron,
his liberal offer to Byron,
"Siege of Corinth" and "Parisina,"
remonstrates with Byron,
correspondence with Blackwood,
other books published by him during the year,
1816--Kindness to Rev. C.R. Maturin,
Coleridge's "Glycine: a Song," "Remorse," "Zapolya," "Christabel,"
and "Christmas Tale,"
correspondence with Leigh Hunt,
Gifford's illness,
gives Gifford a carriage,
entrusted with sale of Byron's books and furniture,
buys some of Byron's books, the large screen (now at Albemarle
Street), and silver cup,
Byron's "Sketch from Private Life,"
Byron leaves England,
"Childe Harold" and "The Prisoner of Chillon,"
letter to Byron on the "Monody on Sheridan,"
"Tales of my Landlord,"
correspondence with Lady Byron and Lady C. Lamb,
Ballantyne's proposal about Scott's works,
his assistance to Hogg,
other books published by him during the year,
1817--Correspondence with Coleridge,
Scott's review of "Childe Harold," Canto III.,
letters from Lady C. Lamb,
"Manfred,"
"Manuscrit venu de Ste. Hèléne,"
"Childe Harold," Canto IV.,
Captain Basil Hall's "Fragments of Voyages and Travels,"
correspondence with Lady Abercorn,
Giovanni Belzoni,
Washington Irving at Albemarle Street,
other books published by him during the year,
1818--"Beppo,"
visit to Scott,
"Don Juan," Canto I.,
takes share in
_Blackwood's Magazine_,
remonstrances with Blackwood on the personality of the Magazine
Articles,
the anonymous pamphlet "Hypocrisy Unveiled,"
assailed by a pamphlet, entitled "A Letter to Mr. John Murray
of Albemarle Street, etc.,"
Hazlitt's libel action,
correspondence with Scott,
friendship with Hallam--publishes "Middle Ages,"
the proposed _Monthly Register_,
Crabbe's "Tales of the Hall," and other poems,
Rev. H.H. Milman
1819--Campbell's "Selections from British Poets,"
suggestions to Byron about "Don Juan," Canto II.,
"Mazeppa" and "The Ode to Venice,"
Blackwood refuses to sell "Don Juan,"
copyright of "Don Juan" infringed--injunction applied for and
granted;
retires from _Blackwood's Magazine_,
transfers his Scottish Agency to Oliver and Boyd,
Thomas Hope's "Anastasius,"
threatened by Colonel Macirone with libel action,
verdict in his favour,
buys house at Wimbledon,
literary levées at Albemarle Street,
his acquaintance with Ugo Foscolo
1820--"Don Juan, Cantos III. and IV.,"
Hobhouse's anger--the "My boy Hobby O!" incident,
Milman's "Fall of Jerusalem,"
B. Disraeli first mentioned,
Washington Irving's "Sketch-Book,"
other books published by him during the year
1821--Cantos III., IV., and V. of "Don Juan,"
refuses to publish further cantos of "Don Juan,"
Byron's pamphlet on Bowles,
"Sardanapalus,"
"The Two Foscari," "Cain, a Mystery,"
present with Scott at Coronation of George IV.,
injunction in case of "Cain,"
accepts Byron's "Memoirs,"
Mrs. Graham's letter to him about Sir Charles Eastlake,
pirated copies of Byron's works in America and France,
injunction obtained restraining sale by Longman of Mrs. Rundell's
"Domestic Cookery,"
1822--Death of Allegra,
Milman's "Fall of Jerusalem,"
intimacy with Milman,
"Bracebridge Hall,"
declines James Fenimore Cooper's novels,
Ugo Foscolo
1823--Giflord's serious illness--difficulty in choosing new Editor
for the _Q.R._,
other books published by him during the year
1824--Closing incidents of friendship with Byron,
Byron's last letter and illness,
Byron's death,
correspondence with Dr. Ireland (Dean of Westminster) about Byron's
burial in Westminster Abbey,
destruction of Byron's Memoirs,
Moore undertakes "Life of Byron,"
Mrs. Markham's "History of England,"
a crisis in the _Q.R._,
John Taylor Coleridge appointed Editor of _Q.R._;
correspondence with B. Disraeli about "Aylmer Papillon"
1825--Agreement and arrangements regarding proposed morning paper,
_Representative_,
letters from B. Disraeli as to _Representative_,
I. D'Israeli's views on the _Representative_,
offers editorship of _Representative_ to Lockhart;
Scott's opinion of the scheme,
secures foreign
correspondents for _Representative_,
bears the whole expense,
appoints Lockhart Editor of _Q.R._ on Coleridge's resignation,
letters to him from Scott on Lockhart's fitness for the _Q.R._
editorship,
letters from Lockhart,
Hallam's "Constitutional History,"
renews friendship with Constable after fifteen years' interval,
other books published by him during the year,
1826--_Representative_ started--its utter failure,
health breaks down,
commercial crisis and failure of large publishing houses, Constable
& Co., Ballantyne & Co., Hurst, Robinson & Co., and others,
helps London publishers in their difficulties,
_Representative_ ceases to exist after career of six months,
misunderstanding with I. D'Israeli,
intimacy with Lockhart,
Wordsworth's proposal to him,
1827--Letter from his son describing Scott's acknowledgement of
the authorship of "Waverley Novels" at the Theatrical Fund dinner in
Edinburgh,
Henry Taylor's "Isaac Comnenus,"
buys all Byron's works,
1828--Offers Scott £1,250 for copyright of "History of Scotland,"
"Tales of a Grandfather,"
Napier's "History of Peninsular War,"
the "Wellington Despatches,"
"Library of Entertaining Knowledge,"
negotiations with Moore as to "Life of Byron,"
1829--Resigns his share in "Marmion" to Scott,
Croker's edition of "Boswell's Johnson,"
"The Family Library,"
1830--Milman's "History of the Jews,"
Moore's "Life of Byron," Vol. I.,
renewal of correspondence with B. Disraeli and negotiations with
him as to "Contarini Fleming: a Psychological Biography,"
1831--Moore's "Life of Byron," Vol. II.,
Moore's "Thoughts on Editors,"
Thomas Carlyle recommended to him by Lord Jeffrey,
"Sartor Resartus"--which he ultimately declines to publish,
1832--Complete edition of Byron's works,
correspondence with Benjamin Disraeli about "Gallomania,"
1834--Dean of Westminster refuses his request that Thorwaldsen's
statue of Byron should be placed in Westminster Abbey,
1836--The first Handbook to the Continent (Holland, Belgium, and
North Germany), published,
1837--Letter to _Morning Chronicle_ on Napier's "History of the
Peninsular War,"
1838--Mr. Gladstone's "Church and State,"
T. Powell Buxton's "Slave Trade and its Remedy,"
Handbook to Switzerland,
1839--Handbook to Norway, Sweden, and Denmark,
1840--Mrs. Jameson and her "Guide to the Picture Galleries of
London,"
Handbook to the East,
George Borrow,
Borrow's "Gypsies of Spain,"
Southey's death,
1841--Bishop of Llandaff and "Lord Dudley's Letters,"
correspondence with John Colquhoun on "The Moor and the Loch,"
1842--Handbook to Italy,
letters from George Borrow,
"The Bible in Spain" published,
Horace
Horace Twiss's "Life of Lord Eldon,"
his illness,
1843--In constant communication with Sir Robert Peel,
many of whose speeches, etc., he published,
Richard Ford's Handbook of Spain,
Mr. Gladstone on the Copyright Bill,
his failing health and death,
his dinner-parties an institution,
tokens of respect from all parts--extracts from letters
of sympathy from the Americans, Dr. Robinson and Mrs.
L.H. Sigourney,
Murray, III., John, a reader for the press at six years
old,
recollections of Scott and Byron at Albemarle Street,
present at the destruction of Byron's Memoirs,
letter from R.W. Hay on the anonymous attack on Gifford's
memory,
present at the Theatrical Fund Dinner in Edinburgh when
Scott declared himself the author of the "Waverley Novels,"
the originator and author of the "Guides,"
extract from his article in Murray's Magazine on the
"Handbooks,"
Napier, Macvey,
Napier, Col. W., "History of the Peninsular War,"
at Strathfieldsaye with Duke of Wellington,
negotiations with Murray,
Napoleon Buonaparte, escapes from Elba,
private correspondence with crowned heads, etc., of
Europe declined by Murray,
Nelson, Lord, anecdote of,
Newton (the artist),
Nugent's "Memorials of Hampden,"
Oliver & Boyd,
Orloff, Count,
Ouseley, Sir Gore,
Owen, Robert,
his "New View of Society,"
Paget, Lieut. Henry (Murray's stepfather),
Palgrave, Sir Francis, Murray's Guide to Northern Italy,
on Murray's friendship,
Palmer, Miss Alicia T.,
Parish, H.,
Paul, Emperor, proposal to assist Napoleon in turning
English out of India,
Paxton, Dr. G.A.,
Peel, Sir Robert, on Byron,
publishes his speeches, etc.,
Perry, James, _Independent Gazette_,
Phillips, Sir Richard, 17
"Waverley" offered to, 97
Phillips, Thomas, his portraits,
Phillpotts, Rev. Dr. Henry (Bishop of Exeter),
Pillans, Mr.,
Pindar, Peter,
Pitcairn's "Criminal Trials of Scotland,"
Polidori, Dr.,
Powles, J.D.,
Pringle, Thomas, Editor of _Blackwood's Magazine_,
Proctor, John,
_Quarterly Review_, proposals by Murray
to Canning,
to Scott,
Gifford accepts editorship,
letters from Scott,
his advice
to Gifford,
general arrangements,
launched,
first number appears,
first edition exhausted,
its unpunctual appearance,
Southey a constant contributor to,
its prosperity,
Sir J. Barrow's connection with,
Croker takes charge of it during Gifford's illness,
Gifford's illness and resignation,
crisis--only two numbers in 1824,
J.T. Coleridge appointed Editor,
Coleridge resigns,
Lockhart appointed Editor,
Ramsay & Co., George,
Regent, Prince,
_Representative_, The, Murray's daily newspaper; its
projection,
first appearance and complete
failure,
ceases to exist,
Roberts, Rev. Dr.
Robinson, Dr.
Robinson, H. Crabb
Rogers, Samuel,
on _Q.R._
opinion of "Childe Harold"
"Jacqueline"
on Crabbe's poems
Romilly, Sir S.
Royal Society of Literature
Rundell, Mrs., "Domestic Cookery"
history of the book and injunction obtained by Murray
Russell, Lord John, "Memoirs, Journals, and
Correspondence of T. Moore"
"The Affairs of Europe"
Sandby, William
Scott, Sir Walter
"Sir Tristram," and "Lay of the Last Minstrel"
"Marmion"
"Border Minstrelsy"
partnership with Ballantyne
proposed edition of "British Novelists"
asks Southey to contribute to _Edin. Rev._
severs his connection with Constable and _Edin. Rev._
visit from Murray
correspondence with Murray about _Q.R._
letter to George Ellis on Murray, etc.
views as to management of _Q.R._
advice to Gifford
friendship with George Ellis
"Life of Swift"
a principal contributor to first number of _Q.R._
proposed "Secret History of the Court of James I."
"Portcullis Copies"
"English Minstrelsy"
"Lady of the Lake"
Prince Regent's opinion of his poems, etc.
opinion of "Calamities of Authors"
new edition of "Lord Somers's Tracts"
Ballantyne's recklessness
at Abbotsford
fresh alliance with Constable
his writing-desk; "Waverley" (Great Unknown)
"The Lord of the Isles"
additions to Abbotsford
"Don Roderick"
meets Byron at Murray's house
portrait by Newton
trip to Belgium
proposed letters from the Continent
visit from Murray
opinion of "Cain"
"Tales of my Landlord," "The Black Dwarf"
cicerone to George IV. in Edinburgh
serious illness
assists Hogg
"Heart of Midlothian," "Rob Roy"
assists Washington Irving
nicknamed "The Chevalier" by B. Disraeli
bankruptcy of his publishers
on Lockhart's fitness for the _Q.R._ editorship
at Brighton with Lockhart; illness of his grandson
"Littlejohn"
"History of Scotland"
Cadell appointed his publisher; purchases, jointly with
Cadell, all principal copyrights of his works
Murray's transfer of his share of "Marmion"
last letter to Murray
rapid decline
death
account of his acknowledgment of the authorship of
"Waverley Novels" at the Theatrical Fund dinner
opinion of "Murray, the Emperor of the West"
advises Lockhart to undertake "Life of Napoleon"
opinion of Moore's "Life of Byron"
some of the articles he wrote for _Q.R._: Carr's
"Tour in Scotland"; "Curse of Kehama"
"Daemonology"; Miss Austen's "Emma"
"Culloden Papers"; Campbell's "Gertrude of
Wyoming"; "Childe Harold" Canto III.;
"Tales of my Grandfather"; "Lord Orford's
Letters"; "Pepys' Memoirs"; "Works
of John Home," "Planting Waste Lands," "Plantation
and Landscape Gardening," Sir Humphry Davy's
"Salmonia"; "Hajji Baba," "Ancient History
of Scotland," Southey's "Life of John Bunyan"
Pitcairn's "Criminal Trials of Scotland"
Scott, Thomas
reported to be author of "Tales of my Landlord"
Senior, Nassau,
Sewell, Rev. W.,
his articles in _Q.R._ on Gladstone's "Church and State,"
Shadwell, Vice-Chancellor,
on copyright of "Don Juan,"
on copyright of "Cain,"
Sharpe, Charles K.,
Sheffield, Lord,
Shelley, Mrs.,
opinion of Croker's "Boswell's Johnson,"
on Moore's "Life of Byron,"
Shelley's "Revolt of Islam,"
Southey's attack on,
Sigourney, Mrs. L.H.,
on Murray's death,
Smart, Theophilus,
Smith, Horace and James,
"Rejected Addresses,"
Smith, Sydney,
"Visitation Sermon,"
Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge,
Somerville, Mrs.,
her portrait,
opinion of Moore's "Life of Byron,"
Somerville, Dr.,
Sotheby, Wm.,
Soult, Marshal,
Southey, Robert
Jeffrey's boast about his "Excursion,"
asked by Scott to write for _Edin. Rev_.,
opinion of Jeffrey,
asked to contribute to the _Q.R._,
"Life of Nelson,"
"Madoc," "Thalaba," and "Curse of Kehama,"
constant contributor to _Q.R._,
his income diminished by failure of _Edinburgh Annual Register_,
opinion of "Calamities of Authors,"
intention about his own Memoirs,
portrait by Phillips,
asks Murray to employ Coleridge to translate Goethe's "Faust,"
"Wat Tyler" ruled by Chancellor to be seditious,
"History of Peninsular War,"
extracts from his letters to Murray,
"Book of the Church,"
literary work,
advice as to Gifford's successor,
"Life of John Bunyan,"
returned M.P. for Downton,
his _Q.R._ articles his chief means of support,
receives pension from Government,
his intellect failing,
his death,
had written ninety-four articles for _Q.R._, some of which are:
"Missionary Enterprise,"
"Life of Nelson,"
"Life and Achievements of Lord Wellington,"
"Parliamentary Reform,"
"Thomas Telford,"
Southey, Mrs. (Southey's second wife),
on her husband's state,
Spanish Colonies,
emancipation of,
effect on English money market,
Staël, Madame de, _see_ De Staël.
Starke, Mrs.,
Stationers' Co. in 18th century,
Sterling, John,
opinion of Mill's "Logic,"
Stothard, Charles,
Suffolk, Countess of,
"The Suffolk Papers,"
Suliotes, the,
Taylor, Henry,
"Isaac Comnenus,"
proposes to divide loss on his drama with Murray,
"Philip van Artevelde,"
Talfourd, Serjeant,
Teignmouth, Lord,
Thackeray, W.M.,
his opinion of the "Suffolk Papers,"
Thomson, Dr. Thomas,
article on Kidd's "Outlines of Mineralogy,"
Thorwaldsen's bust of Byron,
statue of Byron,
Ticknor, George,
impressions of Gifford,
Tita (Byron's Gondolier),
Tomline, Bishop,
"Life of William Pitt,"
Townsend, Dr. George,
"Trade Books" of 18th century,
Turner, Dawson,
Turner, Sharon,
retained by Longman,
Murray's staunch friend,
criticises _Q.R._ No. 1,
on "Austrian State Papers,"
opinion of Byron's "Sketch from Private Life,"
copyright of "Don Juan,"
poems declined by Murray,
advice
on Macirone's libel suit,
an injunction in the case of Mrs. Rundell's "Domestic Cookery,"
consulted by Isaac D'Israeli as to pamphlet on quarrel with Murray,
expostulates with Murray about Milman's "History of Jews,"
expression of his affection for Murray,
Turner, Mrs. Sharon,
Twiss, Horace,
"Life of the Earl of Eldon,"
Tyndale,
Tytler's "History of Scotland,"
Underwood, T. and G.,
Van Zuylen, Baron,
Vere, Lady,
Volunteers,
Review of, in Hyde Park--Murray an Ensign in 3rd Regiment of Royal
London Volunteers,
Waldegrave Memoirs,
Waldie, Miss Jane (Mrs. Eaton),
"Letters from Italy,"
Walker, C.E.,
"Wallace: a Historical Tragedy,"
Walpole Memoirs,
Walpole, Rev. R.,
Walpole's "Castle of Otranto,"
Weber, Henry,
Scott's amanuensis,
"Tales of the East,"
Wellington, Duke of,
witness in Macirone's libel suit,
interest in the _Q.R._,
connection with Napier's "History of Peninsular War,"
"Despatches,"
Whistlecraft, by J.H. Frere,
Whitaker, Rev. John,
White, Rev. J. Blanco,
Wilkie, Sir David,
his journey to the East; paints the Sultan at Constantinople,
death off Gibraltar;
Turner's picture of his funeral at sea,
Wilmot, Mrs. _see_ Dacre, Lady.
Wilson, John (Christopher North)
connection with _Blackwood's Magazine_,
article on "Childe Harold," Canto IV.,
a principal writer in _Blackwood's Magazine_,
challenges anonymous author of "Hypocrisy Unveiled, etc.,"
"An Hour's Tête-a-Tête with the Public" in _Blackwood's Magazine_,
Wool, Rev. J.,
"Life of Joseph Wharton,"
Wordsworth, William,
Wright, Mr.,
his connection with the _Representative_,
Young, Dr. Thomas,
his theory of light.
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