Lady Morgan’s Memoirs
Henry Colburn to Lady Morgan, 27 June 1821
London,
June 27, 1821.
Dear Madam,
I have forwarded to you some papers, in which the book
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cisms would be a misnomer. The Times has acted the part of traitor, after
getting two copies from me. However, it only confirms me in the opinion that
the Times is certainly the
most illiberal of journals. I was much amused with the Literary Chronicle making
a heinous offence in me keeping my author before the public! The Press, Globe, Herald, and
Statesman,
all speak handsomely; and whether others do so or not, will not affect the
sale, which must go on according to the principles laid down for all my
publications, or rather yours. It will be well, however, to hear all the
remarks before the second edition goes to press. Indeed I hardly knew what I
was saying when I talked of commencing immediately, as if the knowledge of a
second edition got abroad (as I fear it has in Dublin), it will materially tend
to delay the publication of it.
I had the pleasure of receiving from Lover the miniature, which is certainly well
done. It was necessary to have a fresh background, made the proper size.
Meyer is engaged upon it. He will
take every pains. It is a pity I had it not three months ago.
The public will be quite ready for a new work in January
or February next. But it is high time, I should think, of settling my account,
fifteen hundred pounds; the other five hundred to remain open a little while,
if you have no objection. I assure you I always wish to be square. If
agreeable, instead of giving my bills, I will pay into any banker’s in
town.
Dear Madam, yours most obediently,
Henry Colburn (1785-1855)
English publisher who began business about 1806; he co-founded the
New
Monthly Magazine in 1814 and was publisher of the
Literary
Gazette from 1817.
Samuel Lover (1797-1868)
Irish artist, writer, and composer, a founder of the
Dublin University
Magazine (1833); he wrote and illustrate
Legends and Stories of
Ireland (1831).
Henry Hoppner Meyer (1783-1847)
Portrait painter and engraver educated at Christ's Hospital whose subjects included
George Dyer, Charles Lamb, and Leigh Hunt.
The Globe. (1803-1922). London evening newspaper; the original proprietor was Sir Richard Phillips; George Lane
was among its later editors.
Morning Herald. (1780-1869). Sir Henry Bate Dudley (1745–1824) and Alexander Chalmers (1759–1834) were among the
original editors; Thomas Holcroft (1745–1809) was Paris correspondent.
The Statesman. (1806-1824). Radical London evening paper owned or edited by John Hunt (1806-09), W. M. Willet (1809),
John Scott (1809-14), Daniel Lovell (1814-17), Sampson Perry (1817-19), and David Carey
(1819-24); it was incorporated into the
Globe and Traveller.
The Times. (1785-). Founded by John Walter, The Times was edited by Thomas Barnes from 1817 to 1841. In the
romantic era it published much less literary material than its rival dailies, the
Morning Chronicle and the
Morning
Post.
