By June 1821 FH
had begun working on a five-act tragedy, The Vespers of Palermo. John Murray
gave her 200 guineas for the copyright in November 1823 .
Hughes, Harriet Browne Owen, and Felicia Hemans. “Memoir of Mrs. Hemans”. The Works of Mrs. Hemans, W. Blackwood, 1839, pp. 1-315.
49, 51, 69
The Vespers of...
Publishing
Sarah Macnaughtan
It was published by W. Heinemann
, with a reissue by John Murray
in the same year. Cheap, popular editions were issued by T. Nelson and Sons
in 1909, 1910, and 1930.
James Stanier Clarke
, the prince's librarian, had issued a somewhat obliquely-worded invitation to dedicate a future work to the prince. Emma was duly dedicated to him, albeit succinctly. Austen requested her new publisher, John Murray
Publishing
Mary Renault
With its British publication in February 1979, she moved from Allen Lane
to a publishing firm new for her, John Murray
. She valued them for having been Byron's publishers, and for being a family...
Publishing
Dorothy Whipple
DW
's first story written at and about Barton Seagrave, the place to which she and her husband retired, was about a pretty girl she had watched from her window coping lightly with marriage...
The poem was part-finished at the beginning of the year.
Baillie, Joanna. The Collected Letters of Joanna Baillie. Editor Slagle, Judith Bailey, Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1999, 2 vols.
2: 545, 546
Like Holford's previous book it is dedicated to her mother
, from whom, she writes, she imbibed and inherited the taste which...
Publishing
Dorothy Whipple
She drafted the first chapter very soon after receiving her six complementary copies of her first novel; the new working title was Marnie.
Whipple, Dorothy. Random Commentary. Michael Joseph, 1966.
13, 15
She complained of lack of inspiration, and made a...
Reception
Mary Somerville
MS
was a considerable time employed in writing this book,
qtd. in
Somerville, Mary. Personal Recollections, from Early Life to Old Age, of Mary Somerville. Editor Somerville, Martha, 1815 - 1879, Roberts Brothers, 1874.
166
and sent it to Brougham for appraisal with some anxiety. Brougham deemed it too advanced to be accessible to his intended public readership, and...
Reception
Harriette Wilson
Contemporary admirers of HW
on literary grounds included Walter Scott
, who praised her dialogue and intelligence, and thought her out and out
qtd. in
Thirkell, Angela. The Fortunes of Harriette. Hamish Hamilton, 1936.
After her first return from Italy and again later in her life, Maria Graham (later MC
) did book reviews for the publisher John Murray
. She expressed her admiration for contemporary literature: Coleridge
,...
Textual Features
Charlotte Riddell
The protagonist has an invalid mother. She takes disappointments and setbacks bravely, tramping round one publisher's office after another. Her eventual success brings her the happiness of her own (unshared) country cottage.
Blain, Virginia et al., editors. The Feminist Companion to Literature in English: Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present. Yale University Press; Batsford, 1990.
The novel includes...
Textual Features
Freya Stark
This volume covers the years 1928-33, during which FS
established her reputation both as a traveller (winning the Back Memorial Grant of the Royal Geographical Society
and the Burton Medal of the Royal Asiatic Society
Textual Production
Jane Marcet
A three-volume anonymous work appeared from John Murray
, Bertha's Visit to her Uncle in England: it is often attributed to JM
, but is in fact by Harriet Beaufort
, whose sister was...
Textual Production
George Paston
GP
published At John Murray
's: Records of a Literary Circle, 1843-1892, with preface by Lord Ernle
(reprinted in 1952).
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Murphy, Dervla. In Ethiopia with a Mule. John Murray, 1968.
Murphy, Dervla. Silverland: A Winter Journey Beyond the Urals. John Murray, 2006.
Murphy, Dervla. South from the Limpopo. John Murray, 1997.
Murphy, Dervla. Through Siberia by Accident. John Murray, 2005.
Panter-Downes, Mollie. Storm Bird. John Murray, 1929.
Panter-Downes, Mollie. The Shoreless Sea. John Murray, 1923.
Peck, Winifred. Twelve Birthdays. John Murray, 1918.
Porden, Eleanor Anne, and Edith M. Gell. “Letters: 1821-1824”. John Franklin’s Bride, John Murray, 1930, p. various pages.
Porden, Eleanor Anne. The Arctic Expeditions. John Murray, 1818.
Porden, Eleanor Anne. The Veils. John Murray, 1815.
Renault, Mary. Funeral Games. John Murray, 1981.
Ridler, Anne. Olive Willis and Downe House. John Murray, 1967.
Rigby, Elizabeth. A Residence on the Shores of the Baltic. John Murray, 1841, 2 vols.
Rigby, Elizabeth. Livonian Tales. John Murray, 1846.
Rigby, Elizabeth, and Charles Lock Eastlake. “Memoir”. Contributions to the Literature of the Fine Arts: Second Series, John Murray, 1870, pp. 1-196.
Rigby, Elizabeth. Mrs. Grote. John Murray, 1880.
Brandl, Alois. Samuel Taylor Coleridge and the English Romantic School. Translator Rigby, Elizabeth, John Murray, 1887.
Ritchie, Anne Thackeray. From Friend to Friend. Editor Ritchie, Emily, John Murray, 1919.
Roberts, Brian. Ladies in the Veld. John Murray, 1965.
Rose, George Henry, editor. Papers of the Earls of Marchmont. John Murray, 1831, 3 vols.
Rose, George Henry. “The Preface and The Defence of Patrick Earl of Marchmont”. A Selection from the Papers of the Earls of Marchmont, in the possession of the Right Hon. Sir George Henry Rose, John Murray, 1831, p. 1: vii - cxxxii.
Rosen, Michael. Alphabetical: How Every Letter Tells a Story. John Murray, 2013.
Ross, Janet. Three Generations of Englishwomen. John Murray, 1888, 2 vols.
Routley, Erik. Hymns and Human Life. 2nd ed., John Murray, 1959.
