Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908.
William Harness
Standard Name: Harness, William
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Friends, Associates | Joanna Baillie | Other friends included the Hon. Judith Milbanke
(whose daughter became Lady Byron
), Lady Byron herself (whom Baillie strongly supported during the long-drawn-out unpleasantness of her marriage), Henry Reeve
, William Sotheby
, William Harness |
| Friends, Associates | Mary Russell Mitford | Another group of MRM
's friends were literary and also theatrical men: Barry Cornwall
, Allan Cunningham
, the Rev. Alexander Dyce
, and William Macready
. |
| Literary responses | Joanna Baillie | When Baillie re-read her own Witchcraft as a work in progress she wrote: I am inclined to think well of it. Renfrew witches upon a polite stage! Will such a thing ever be endorsed! Witchcraft by Joanna Baillie. Finborough Theatre, 2008. |
| Literary responses | Catherine Fanshawe | |
| Literary responses | Margaret Holford | During the late 1830s, when Holford was planning to reprint Margaret of Anjou, Baillie showed it to her friend William Harness
, who, she said, felt so vividly the beauty of your Poem that... |
| Literary responses | Mary Howitt | Mary Russell Mitford
confided to Elizabeth Barrett
, who had been charmed by The Neighbours, that she thought the translations' lack of popularity a sign of the poor taste of English novel-readers. Ah! dearest... |
| Publishing | Catherine Fanshawe | The Memorials of Miss Catherine Maria Fanshawe was privately printed: poems and prose preceded nine drawings or paintings photographically reproduced; it was edited by William Harness
, the owner. Solo: Search Oxford University Libraries Online. Fanshawe, Catherine. Memorials of Miss Catherine Maria Fanshawe. Harness, WilliamEditor , Privately printed by Vacher and Sons, 1865. prelims |
| Textual Production | Mary Russell Mitford | She had asked permission four months earlier to dedicate what she called this little trumpery volume to the Rev. William Harness
. Mitford, Mary Russell. The Life of Mary Russell Mitford: Told by Herself in Letters To Her Friends. L’Estrange, Alfred Guy KinghamEditor , Harper and Brothers, 1870. 2: 191 |
| Textual Production | Mary Russell Mitford | L'Estrange worked with one of her executors, William Harness
; their publication was delayed by her servants' claim to have been left her copyrights. Kerrenhappuck (the maid whom MRM
had dismissed and taken back) and... |
| Textual Production | Mary Russell Mitford | The editor of this second selection of Mitford's letters was Henry Chorley
. Her Correspondence with Charles Boner
and John Ruskin followed in 1914. R. Brimley Johnson
published another selection of her letters in 1925... |
| Wealth and Poverty | Mary Russell Mitford | The prime movers of this achievement were Henry F. Chorley
(who later edited her letters) and the Rev. William Harness
; the name of Queen Victoria
headed the list of subscribers. Mudge, Bradford Keyes, editor. Dictionary of Literary Biography 116. Gale Research, 1992. 116: 195 Pigrome, Stella. “Mary Russell Mitford”. The Charles Lamb Bulletin, Charles Lamb Society, pp. 53 -62. 54 |
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