Hughes, Harriet Browne Owen, and Felicia Hemans. “Memoir of Mrs. Hemans”. The Works of Mrs. Hemans, W. Blackwood, 1839, pp. 1 - 315.
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Dedications | Felicia Hemans | FH
's poetic collection Records of Woman was published by Blackwood
with a dedication to Joanna Baillie
. Hughes, Harriet Browne Owen, and Felicia Hemans. “Memoir of Mrs. Hemans”. The Works of Mrs. Hemans, W. Blackwood, 1839, pp. 1 - 315. 136 British Library Catalogue. |
Family and Intimate relationships | Susan Ferrier | SF
's sister Jane was considered the beauty of the family. Robert Burns
, after meeting her in the winter of 1786-87, addressed a poem to her (To Miss Ferrier). She later became... |
Friends, Associates | Susan Ferrier | Though at least partly resident in Edinburgh, SF
did not mingle with the literary set known as the Edinburgh Bluestockings. Cullinan, Mary. Susan Ferrier. Twayne, 1984. 22 |
Leisure and Society | Margaret Oliphant | MO
hosted a party on the island of Runnymede (not far from her home at Windsor) to celebrate twenty-five years of her affiliation with Blackwood's
. Williams, Merryn. Margaret Oliphant: A Critical Biography. St Martin’s Press, 1986. 114 |
Material Conditions of Writing | Sarah Grand | |
Occupation | Annie Louisa Walker | ALW
became Oliphant
's housekeeper, confidante, and amanuensis. In February 1877 Oliphant passed on to her the continuation of the arduous translation from French of Montalembert
's Les Moines d'Occident, suggesting to Blackwood's
a... |
Publishing | George Eliot | George Henry Lewes
persuaded Blackwood
to undertake this unusual mode of publication, because Middlemarch was too long to fit the three-volume format which was by now the staple of the circulating library. They hoped to... |
Publishing | Beatrice Harraden | Blackwood
rejected this novel: William Blackwood
thought it too sad to suit the public taste. Matthew, Henry Colin Gray, Brian Harrison, and Lawrence Goldman, editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. |
Publishing | Annie Louisa Walker | She did not press for payment, and when the publisher, William Blackwood
, offered her remuneration she replied that she knew about my cousin's debt to you
, and it was because of this that... |
Publishing | George Eliot | |
Publishing | Margaret Oliphant | Book publication followed in 1856. Blackwood
paid her £800, which she acknowledged to be very liberal. Jay, Elisabeth. Mrs Oliphant: "A Fiction to Herself": A Literary Life. Clarendon Press, 1995. 280 |
Publishing | Margaret Oliphant | |
Publishing | Caroline Bowles | Bowles had begun this book as long ago as 1819. She received £60 from Blackwood's
for the finished work (though this sum including money for a few outstanding payments). An American edition followed in 1845.... |
Publishing | Felicia Hemans | FH
published National Lyrics, and Songs for Music with the Dublin firm of Curry
; in August followed Scenes and Hymns of Life with Blackwood's
in Edinburgh. Hughes, Harriet Browne Owen, and Felicia Hemans. “Memoir of Mrs. Hemans”. The Works of Mrs. Hemans, W. Blackwood, 1839, pp. 1 - 315. 269 British Library Catalogue. The Athenaeum Index of Reviews and Reviewers: 1830-1870. |
Publishing | May Sinclair | She spent a year searching for a publisher before having her book accepted by Blackwood
's; it appeared under a system known as half-profits, in which the author paid money up front in return... |