Watts, Susanna. Scrapbook.
William Lane
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Standard Name: Lane, William,, 1745 - 1814
Connections
| Connections | Author name Sort ascending | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Publishing | Susanna Watts | Maria Edgeworth
wrote of SW
on meeting her: This poor girl sold a novel in four volumes for ten guineas to Lane of the Minerva Press
. |
| Publishing | Charlotte Smith | Her publisher, Cadell
, paid her more than £260 for this novel, which she dedicated to minor royalty in the person of the Duchess of Cumberland
. Garside, Peter et al., editors. The English Novel 1770-1829. Oxford University Press. 1: 485 |
| Publishing | Mary Martha Sherwood | She sold the copyright to William Lane
for £40. Writing it, she said, was very useful training. Sherwood, Mary Martha, and Henry Sherwood. The Life of Mrs. Sherwood. Editor Kelly, Sophia, Darton. 216 |
| Textual Production | Mary Ann Radcliffe | William Lane
issued another anonymous novel, The Fate of Velina de Guidova, which a much later Minerva Press
catalogue (1814) ascribed to MAR
—just as unconvincingly as the previous Minerva ascription. Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall. 70 (1790): 96 McLeod, Deborah. The Minerva Press. University of Alberta. 207 |
| Textual Production | Mary Ann Radcliffe | William Lane
(who this year renamed his publishing firm the Minerva Press
) issued an anonymous novel, Radzivil, A Romance, which was unconvincingly assigned to MAR
in a Minerva catalogue of 1802. Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall. 69 (1790): 118 McLeod, Deborah. The Minerva Press. University of Alberta. 4 McLeod, Deborah. The Minerva Press. University of Alberta. 205 |
| Textual Production | Mrs F. C. Patrick | MFCP
anonymously published the first of her three books, The Irish Heiress, A Novel, with William Lane
of the Minerva Press
. Garside, Peter et al., editors. The English Novel 1770-1829. Oxford University Press. 1: 724 |
| Publishing | Eliza Parsons | EP
switched from Hookham
to William Lane
of the Minerva Press
for her second, heavily didactic novel, The Errors of Education. Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall. 2nd ser. 3 (1791): 234 |
| Textual Production | Amelia Opie | Amelia Alderson (later AO
) published anonymously, with William Lane
(who this year launched the Minerva Press
), her first novel, Dangers of Coquetry, in two volumes. British Library Catalogue. http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=0&tab=local_tab&dstmp=1489778087340&vid=BLVU1&mode=Basic&fromLo. |
| Textual Production | Eliza Kirkham Mathews | On this date EKM
's husband indicated that the book was still unprinted. Publisher John Litchfield
mentioned it on 15 January 1801 as EKM
's new novel, implying that there had been others. According to... |
| Textual Production | Anna Maria Mackenzie | Anna Maria Johnson (later Mackenzie)
gave her name (as Mrs Johnson, Author of Retribution, Gamesters, &c.) on her novel Calista, the first she published with William Lane
of the Minerva Press
. Garside, Peter et al., editors. The English Novel 1770-1829. Oxford University Press. 1: 478 |
| Publishing | Anna Maria Mackenzie | Anna Maria Johnson
had a novel entitled Monmouth
: A Tale, Founded on Historical Facts advertised under this name as soon to be published by William Lane
of the Minerva Press
—even though she had... |
| Textual Production | Anna Maria Mackenzie | AMM
published another novel with Lane
of the Minerva Press
: Swedish Mysteries, or, Hero of the Mines, in three volumes, ostensibly translated from a Swedish manuscript by Johanson Kidderslaw, formerly master of the... |
| Textual Production | Margaret Holford | The second volume closes with advertisements for works forthcoming by subscription, including Emily Frederick Clark
's Ianthé, said to be then in the press. Holford, Margaret. Calaf, a Persian Tale. Hookham and Carpenter. 2: end pages |
| Publishing | Elizabeth Hervey | Elizabeth Hervey
's anonymous first book, Melissa and Marcia; or, the Sisters: A Novel, issued by William Lane
with a quotation from Akenside
on its title-page, was advertised as published. Garside, Peter. “The English Novel in the Romantic Era: Consolidation and Dispersal”. The English Novel 1770-1829, edited by Peter Garside et al., Oxford University Press, pp. 2: 15 - 103. 1: 441 Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall. 65 (1788): 466 |
| Publishing | Elizabeth Helme | EH
had resounding public if not critical success with The Farmer of Inglewood Forest. A Novel, dated 1797. For the first time she published with William Lane
of the Minerva Press
and gave her... |
Timeline
By 1784: William Lane, who had been active in the...
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By 1784
William Lane
, who had been active in the London book trade since 1763, was soliciting novels to publish.
McLeod, Deborah. The Minerva Press. University of Alberta.
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1 May 1787: William Lane advertised in the Leeds Intelligencer...
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1 May 1787
William Lane
advertised in the Leeds Intelligencer his ready-made package for launching a circulating library: he could provide a stock of books at any price from twenty to five hundred pounds to float such a...
1790: William Lane's publishing firm first took...
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1790
William Lane
's publishing firm first took the name Minerva Press
, in the same year that his Minerva Circulating Library
(linked with his publishing activities) issued its first catalogue. This listed more than 10,000 titles.
1790: The Royal Literary Fund was established in...
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1790
The Royal Literary Fund
was established in London by David Williamsto relieve literary men of all nations; it made many small grants to women writers.
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