Lady Morgan’s Memoirs
Felicia Hemans to Lady Morgan, 2 January 1829
Wavertree, Near Liverpool,
January 2, 1829.
Madam,
I beg to acknowledge, with sincere thanks, the very kind
interest expressed towards me in your letters, both of which, after
considerable delay, occasioned, I imagine, by my late change of residence, I
have just received. It is indeed, pleasant to be the object of feelings so
cordial, to hear of unknown friends so zealous; nor do I the less gratefully
own the services thus frankly offered, because it is not necessary that I
should avail myself of them. I have recently met with a very liberal publisher
in Mr. Blackwood, and he has just
brought out new editions of two volumes, ![]()
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The Records of
Women, and The Forest Sanctuary, in which most of the
pieces originally sent to the New Monthly, and other periodical works are
collected. I will order copies of them to be sent to Mr. Colburn’s, for Lady Morgan, who will, I hope, honour me by her
acceptance of them, and believe me, with a sincere feeling of her kindness,
Very truly
Her obliged servant,
William Blackwood (1776-1834)
Edinburgh bookseller; he began business 1804 and for a time was John Murray's Scottish
agent. He launched
Blackwood's Magazine in 1817.
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.
Felicia Dorothea Hemans [née Browne] (1793-1835)
English poet; author of
Tales, and Historic Scenes (1819),
Records of Woman (1828), and other volumes. She was much in demand
as a contributor to the literary annuals.
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.
