It was published by John Lane
in London and by Houghton Mifflin Company
in Boston and New York. Although PB
had been interested in mental illness since childhood, the novel developed more directly from...
Publishing
Rupert Brooke
1914 and Other Poems became a bestseller.
Parker, Peter, editor. A Reader’s Guide to Twentieth-Century Writers. Oxford University Press.
110
There were two New York editions of The Collected Poems of Rupert Brooke in 1915: one from Dodd, Mead
and one from John Lane
. The pagination...
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John Buchan
While still an undergraduate JB
published a collection of essays, Scholar gipsies, in John Lane
's Arcady Library series.
Parker, Peter, editor. A Reader’s Guide to Twentieth-Century Writers. Oxford University Press.
115
Smith, Janet Adam. John Buchan: A Biography. R. Hart-Davis.
93
Publishing
Agatha Christie
After publishing her first novel, John Lane
held rights to her next five books: The Secret Adversary (1922), The Murder on the Links (1923), The Man in the Brown Suit (1924), Poirot Investigates (1924), and...
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Victoria Cross
Annie Sophie Cory
, under the pseudonym Victoria Crosse, published her first novel, The Woman Who Didn't, with the publisher John Lane
.
Mitchell, Charlotte. Victoria Cross, 1868-1952: A Bibliography. Victorian Fiction Research Unit, School of English, Media Studies and Art History, The University of Queensland.
35
Publishing
Victoria Cross
Little of the critical speculation about the genealogy of The Woman Who Didn't has been confirmed. Charlotte Mitchell
posits that the risqué subject matter of the novel VC
produced after signing a contract with Lane
Publishing
George Egerton
John Lane
published GE
's second short-story collection, Discords, as the sixth title in his Keynotes series.
Egerton, George. A Leaf from the Yellow Book. Editor White, Terence de Vere, Richards Press.
Mix, Katherine Lyon. A Study in Yellow: <span data-tei-ns-tag="tei_title" data-tei-title-lvl="j">The Yellow Book</span> and Its Contributors. Greenwood Press.
173
Publishing
George Egerton
After receiving Gill's advice, GE
sent the manuscript to William Heinemann
, who promptly returned it, saying he was not interested in publishing mediocre short stories.
Egerton, George. A Leaf from the Yellow Book. Editor White, Terence de Vere, Richards Press.
The Garden of Káma was first published in New York in 1902 as India's Love Lyrics: Collected & Arranged in Verse by Laurence Hope by John Lane
, who would also publish her next two...
Textual Features
Laurence Hope
Among the more striking poems in the volume is Oh, Life, I Have Taken You for My Lover!, dedicated to the writer Arthur E. J. Legge
, who also published with John Lane
and...
Publishing
Pauline Johnson
PJ
's first collection of poetry, The White Wampum, was published by John Lane
in London.
Keller, Betty. Pauline: A Biography of Pauline Johnson. Douglas and McIntyre.
101
Gerson, Carole, and Veronica Strong-Boag. Paddling Her Own Canoe: The Times and Texts of E. Pauline Johnson (Tekahionwake). University of Toronto Press.
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Hannah Lynch
In 1892 HL
published with Methuen
a translation of The History of Florence from the Domination of the Medici to the Fall of the Republic by François Tommy Perrens
(whose title is also given as...
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Alice Meynell
AM
published with John Lane
her first collection of essays, entitled The Rhythm of Life; they had first appeared in the Scots Observer.
Badeni, June. The Slender Tree: A Life of Alice Meynell. Tabb House.
88, 97
Timeline
2 July 1914: The first issue of the magazine Blast, edited...
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2 July 1914
The first issue of the magazine Blast, edited by Wyndham Lewis
, formally announced the arrival of Vorticism, an avant-garde movement in art.
1917: John Lane published The Candid Courtship,...
Ann, Lady Fanshawe,. The Memoirs of Ann, Lady Fanshawe. Editor Fanshawe, Herbert Charles, John Lane, 1907.
Bennett, Arnold. Journalism for Women. A Practical Guide. John Lane, 1898.
Bowen, Marjorie. General Crack. John Lane, 1928.
Omar Khayyám,. The Ruba’yat of Omar Khayam. Editor Garnett, Richard, Translator Cadell, Jessie Ellen, John Lane, 1899.
Cannan, Joanna, and Anne Bullen. A Pony for Jean. John Lane, 1936.
Carlyle, Thomas, and Jane Welsh Carlyle. “Preface”. The Love Letters of Thomas Carlyle and Jane Welsh, edited by Alexander Carlyle, John Lane, 1909, p. 1: v - xi.
Carlyle, Jane Welsh, and Sir James Crichton-Browne. New Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle. Editors Carlyle, Thomas and Alexander Carlyle, John Lane, 1903.
Carlyle, Thomas, and Jane Welsh Carlyle. The Love Letters of Thomas Carlyle and Jane Welsh. Editor Carlyle, Alexander, John Lane, 1909.
Crichton-Browne, Sir James, and Jane Welsh Carlyle. “Introduction”. New Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle, edited by Thomas Carlyle et al., John Lane, 1903, p. 1: v - lxxxvii.
Crommelin, May. One Pretty Maid and Others. John Lane, 1904.
Dowie, Ménie Muriel. Some Whims of Fate. John Lane, 1896.
Elizabeth, Margravine of Anspach,. The Beautiful Lady Craven. Editors Saul, Benjamin Lewis and Alexander Meyrick Broadley, John Lane, 1914.
Forbes, Rosita. Unconducted Wanderers. John Lane, 1919.
Ford, Ford Madox. The Good Soldier. John Lane, 1915.
Frankau, Pamela. Tassel-Gentle. John Lane, 1934.
Garnett, Richard et al. “Introduction”. The Ruba’yat of Omar Khayam, edited by Richard Garnett, translated by. Jessie Ellen Cadell, John Lane, 1899, p. v - xxx.
Gibbes, Phebe. Heaven’s Best Gift. John Lane, 1797.
Holtby, Winifred. Anderby Wold. John Lane, 1923.
Holtby, Winifred. The Crowded Street. John Lane, 1924.
Hope, Laurence. India’s Love Lyrics. John Lane, 1912.
Hunt, Violet, and Ford Madox Ford. Zeppelin Nights. John Lane, 1916.
Johnson, Pauline. The White Wampum. John Lane, 1895.
Kavan, Anna. A Stranger Still. John Lane, 1935.
Lee, Vernon, and Clementina Anstruther-Thomson. Beauty and Ugliness. John Lane, 1912.