Literary Reminiscences and Memoirs of Thomas Campbell
Andrew Stirling to Cyrus Redding, [1860 c.?]
“Dear Sir,
“You had a note from me about the publication of
‘Gertrude.’ It is necessary to tell you
Campbell had first sold* Mundell and Co. a poem for a sum, and then sold
Longman and Co. a poem for a like sum. When Longmans heard this they cancelled their
bargain with Campbell, and then
Mundell’s plan was adopted, which pleased all
parties, by settling the poem on the family, as you see has been done.
“I am, dear sir,
“Yours most respectfully,
Thomas Norton Longman (1771-1842)
A leading London publisher whose authors included Southey, Wordsworth, Scott, and
Moore.
Alexander Mundell (1768-1837)
London solicitor, the son of Robert Mundell, Edinburgh printer. Walter Scott was among
his clients.
Cyrus Redding (1785-1870)
English journalist; he was a founding member of the Plymouth Institute, edited
Galignani's Messenger from 1815-18, and was the effective editor of
the
New Monthly Magazine (1821-30) and
The
Metropolitan (1831-33).