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. http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=0&tab=local_tab&dstmp=1489778087340&vid=BLVU1&mode=Basic&fromLo. |
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 | Margaret Oliphant | |
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 | Agnes Strickland | They failed to reach agreement with Colburn
, and this collection was published by William Blackwood
in Edinburgh. Pope-Hennessy, Una. Agnes Strickland: Biographer of the Queens of England. Chatto and Windus, 1940. 211 |
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. http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=0&tab=local_tab&dstmp=1489778087340&vid=BLVU1&mode=Basic&fromLo. The Athenaeum Index of Reviews and Reviewers: 1830-1870. http://replay.web.archive.org/20070714065452/http://www.soi.city.ac.uk/~asp/v2/home.html. |
Publishing | George Eliot | Having become deeply interested herself in Jewish culture and history, GE
aimed in this book to widen the English vision a little. Eliot, George. The George Eliot Letters. Editor Haight, Gordon S., Yale University Press, 1954–1978, 9 vols. 6: 304 |
Publishing | Freya Stark | At nearly ninety, FS
published a photo essay entitled Rivers of Time, with William Blackwood
of Edinburgh. Introduced by Alexander Maitland
, it contains photographic selections from her varied travels in the Middle East. OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999. Geniesse, Jane Fletcher. Passionate Nomad. Random House, 1999. 363 |
Publishing | Felicia Hemans | FH
's poems regularly appeared in periodicals, including The New Monthly Magazine from 1823. Publishing with Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine from 1827, she asked William Blackwood
to match her rate of more than a pound per... |
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 | 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... |
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