The Autobiography of William Jerdan
Vol. IV. Front Matter
THE
AUTOBIOGRAPHY
OF
WILLIAM JERDAN,
M.R.S.L., CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE REAL ACADEMIA DE LA HISTORIA
OF SPAIN, &c &c.
WITH HIS
Literary, political, and Social Reminiscences and Correspondence
DURING THE LAST FIFTY YEARS.
VOL. IV.
LONDON:
ARTHUR HALL, VIRTUE, & Co., 25, PATERNOSTER ROW.
1853.
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LONDON:
BRADBURY AND EVANS, PRINTERS, WHITEFRIARS.
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TO
SIR E. L. BULWER-LYTTON.
My dear Friend,
I am much gratified by your having done me the honour to accept
the dedication of this volume to you. It may remind you of one who took the warmest
interest in your early literary adventures, who rejoiced most heartily in the development
of the high intellectual powers he was well aware you possessed, and who exultingly
anticipates the greater aggrandisement of your fame by the stores of instruction and
delight for which the world will yet be indebted to your Genius.
That you may long continue to enrich and adorn the literature
of England, is the earnest wish of,
My dear Friend,
Yours most sincerely and faithfully,
W. JERDAN.
November, 1853.
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CONTENTS.
Chap. Page
I.—CRITICAL GLANCES—ALARIC A.
WATTS—BYRON’S PLAG-
IARISMS—TOM
CAMPBELL—QUAINT ANECDOTES 1
II.—PERSONAL NOTES ON THE WAY—GLIMPSES AT PERIODICALS
AND DIFFICULTY IN
PLEASING PUBLISHERS—INCIPIENT
AUTHORS—GRIFFIN,
ROBY, W. H. AINSWORTH, CAPTAIN
WEDDELL, LORD NORMANBY, DAGLEY, CARRINGTON,
PARDOE,
COSTELLO—GRATEFUL FEELINGS 15
III.—A FRESH START—THE SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES—THE
NOVIOMAGIANS—BENEVOLENT
INSTITUTIONS—THE
LITERARY FUND—MISERIES OF AUTHORS—GEORGE
CANNING AS THE PATRON OF LITERATURE. 31
IV.—EXAMPLES OF THE SELFISH—THE OPPOSITE—THOMAS
HUNT
—THE LAW—G. COLMAN, PRISON PORTRAITS, ANECDOTES
AND APOPHTHEGMS 46
V.—REFLECTIONS ON LIFE—DEATHS OF MY BROTHER AND
CHILD—MR.
COLBURN, LADY MORGAN, LADY STEPNEY
62
VI.—THE PERIODICAL PRESS—CRITICISM—LAW OF LIBEL—
T.
MOORE—DESTRUCTION OF BYRON
MANUSCRIPT
—BYRON
81
VII.—T. MOORE—THE QUARTERLY REVIEW—WILLIAM
GIFFORD,
EARLY ORIGINAL POETRY BY HIM—WALTER HENRY
WATTS—DANGEROUS JEST—CURIOUS COINCIDENCES 104
VIII. EGO—MY BROTHER GILBERT—THE FINE ARTS, ARTISTS,
AND LORD DE TABLEY—PROPOSAL FOR PUBLISHING A
HISTORY OF BRITISH
FISHES 129
IX.—REMARKABLE INCIDENTS—MR. CANNING—FORMATION OF
HIS
ADMINISTRATION—THE DEFECTION AND OPPOSITION
—PATRONAGE OF LITERATURE—ILLNESS—DEATH 148
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X.—POSTHUMOUS TRIBUTE TO MR. CANNING—ANECDOTES—
AN
ANNOYING FELLOW LODGER—VICE-CHANCELLOR
SIR JOHN STUART AT BALLAHUYLISH—HIS MOTHER
—HIGHLAND
STORIES—ASCENT OF BEN NEVIS—
TOWN LIFE RENEWED—BUTTERFLIES AND GRUBS—
EDITORIAL
TROUBLES 168
XI.—SIR EDWARD BULWER-LYTTON—HIS WORKS, AND MALIG-
NANT
CRITICS—T. HOOD—MRS. WHEELER—LADY
BULWER-LYTTON—MR. DISRAELI—PUBLISHERS’
PROFITS 190
XII.—G. P. R. JAMES—JOHN
CARNE—J. BARTLETT—GASTRO-
NOMIC ECONOMIES—DELUSIONS
IN LITERARY SUCCESS
—EMBARRASSING PRUDENCE—THE REV. DR.
WARNE-
FORD—LAW AND LAWYERS—THE GREEK LOAN—THE
CURRENCY QUESTION
210
XIII.—ANOTHER DAY WITH THEODORE
HOOK—WORDSWORTH—
ACKERMANN
229
XIV.—PRIVATE LIFE—PUBLIC AS VESTRYMAN—SECRET AND
POLITICAL
MISSIONS—DRUMMOND CASTLE—LORD AND
LADY WILLOUGHBY DE ERESBY
246
XV.—FORMATION OF THE ZOOLOGICAL AND FOUNDATION OF
THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL
SOCIETIES—THE FOREIGN
LITERARY
GAZETTE—TALLEYRAND—INTRAMURAL
SEPULCHRE—CEMETERIES—THE GARRICK CLUB 266
XVI.—THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION—SQUABBLE WITH DR.
WHEWELL, MASTER OF TRINITY—JAMES HOGG, THE
ETTRICK SHEPHERD, IN LONDON—EDITING FISHER’S
“NATIONAL
PORTRAIT GALLERY“—THOMAS
GREN-
VILLE—LORD ELDON
291
XVII.—OF LITERARY CHARACTERS—CATALOGUE RAISONNÉ—
ROBERT
MONTGOMERY—MARY ANN BROWNE—ELIZA
COOK—DR. BOWRING—LADY
BLESSINGTON—MRS.
LOUDON—MRS. CARTER
HALL
309
XVIII.—LITERARY LIST CONTINUED—GENERAL
AINSLIE—SIR
RUFANE DONKIN—SIR JOHN
MALCOLM—DANDIE
DINMONT—MR. S.
PRATT—JOHN DICKINSON, F. R. S.
—SIR
WALTER SCOTT—COOLNESS—ABBOTSFORD
SUBSCRIPTION 336
XIX.—CLUB LAW—UNIVERSAL INTERCOURSE—FALL AMONG
THIEVES AND UPON EVIL
DAYS—DISASTROUS
CON-
SEQUENCES—IDLENESS—DICKENS—THACKERAY—
J.
FORSTER—PENSION—TESTIMONIAL 351
XX.—CONCLUSION 376
APPENDIX 387
