Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. VI-VII. Letters
Charles Lamb to Edward Moxon, [3 May 1828]
DEAR M.,—My
friend Patmore, author of the
“Months,” a
very pretty publication, [and] of sundry Essays in the “London,” “New Monthly,” &c., wants to
dispose of a volume or two of “Tales.” Perhaps they might Chance to
suit Hurst; but be that as it may, he
will call upon you, under favor of my recommendation;
and as he is returning to France, where he lives, if you can do anything for
him in the Treaty line, to save him dancing over the Channel every week, I am
sure you will. I said I’d never trouble you again; but how vain are the
resolves of mortal man! P. is a very hearty friendly
fellow, and was poor John Scott’s
second, as I will be yours when you want one. May you never be mine!
Yours truly,
Thomas Hurst (1770 c.-1842)
Originally a bookseller in Leeds, he began working in London late in the eighteenth
century; in 1804 he partnered with the firm of T. N. Longman. He died in the
Charterhouse.
Edward Moxon (1801-1858)
Poet and bookseller; after employment at Longman and Company he set up in 1830 with
financial assistance from Samuel Rogers and became the leading publisher of literary
poetry.
Peter George Patmore [Tims] (1786-1855)
English writer and friend of Charles Lamb and Leigh Hunt; an early contributor to
Blackwood's, he was John Scott's second in the fatal duel, editor of
the
Court Journal, and father of the poet Coventry Patmore.
John Scott (1784-1821)
After Marischal College he worked as a journalist with Leigh Hunt, edited
The Champion (1814-1817), and edited the
London
Magazine (1820) until he was killed in the duel at Chalk Farm.
The London Magazine. (1820-1829). Founded by John Scott as a monthly rival to
Blackwood's, the
London Magazine included among its contributors Charles Lamb, John Clare, Allan Cunningham,
Thomas De Quincey, and Thomas Hood.
New Monthly Magazine. (1814-1884). Founded in reaction to the radically-inclined
Monthly Magazine,
the
New Monthly was managed under the proprietorship of Henry
Colburn from 1814 to 1845. It was edited by Thomas Campbell and Cyrus Redding from
1821-1830.
