The Autobiography of William Jerdan
Vol. II. 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. II.
LONDON:
ARTHUR HALL, VIRTUE, & Co., 25, PATERNOSTER ROW.
1852.
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LONDON:
BRADBURY AND EVANS, PRINTERS, WHITEFRIARS.
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Dedicated to the Memory
OF
THE RIGHT HON. GEORGE CANNING:
MOST ADMIRABLE IN EVERY RELATION OF LIFE,
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE;
THE CONSISTENT STATESMAN, PUBE PATRIOT, REFINED SCHOLAR,
ELOQUENT ORATOR, AND BRILLIANT WIT;
DEVOTED TO HIS FRIENDS, GENEROUS TO HIS FOES, CHIVALROUS TO ALL;
GREAT IN HIS NATIONAL VIEWS,
OPEN AND LIBERAL IN HIS UNIVERSAL POLICY, AND
NOBLE IN EVERY SENTIMENT OF HIS HEART!
A MAN
UPON WHOM NATURE SET THE SEAL OF EVERY GRACEFUL ELEMENT
AND
ILLUSTRIOUS QUALITY;
IN LIFE BELOVED, AND IN DEATH DEPLORED, BY THE BRITISH PEOPLE,
TO WHOM HIS LOSS WAS AN IRREPARABLE CALAMITY.
EVER GRATEFUL FOR THE DISTINCTION OF HIS PERSONAL REGARD,
This Volume
IS INSCRIBED WITH HIS RESPLENDENT NAME, BY
W. JERDAN.
August, 1852.
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CONTENTS.
Chap. Page
I.—THE PROFESSION OF LITERATURE 1
II.—MR. CANNING AND THE PRINCESS OF WALES 9
III.—THE “SUN”—AUTUMN, 1814, RESUMED—MISCEL-
LANEOUS 19
IV.—LIGHT MATTERS—LITERARY PURSUITS 31
V.—A MISFORTUNE 44
VI.—“SHREDS AND PATCHES” 51
VII.—VOLCANOES IN THE SUN: A CHARACTER 66
VIII.—INTERLUDE VARIETIES 81
IX.—REFLECTIONS: “BEGAR, HERE’S MONSIEUR TONSON
COME
AGAIN!” 96
X.—ROBERT BURNS: A RATHER SCOTCH CHAPTER 110
XL—NOTES ON TIME FLYING. 124
XII.—LITIGATION AND VEXATION 137
XIII.—THE “SUN” FINALE 154
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XIV.—THE “LITERARY GAZETTE” 174
XV.—“LITERARY GAZETTE” TO THE CLOSE OP 1817 186
XVL—THE LATE JOHN TROTTER, ESQ. 214
XVII.—“LITERARY GAZETTE” CONTRIBUTORS: POETS AND
POETRY 230
XVIII—POETS; POETRY—AUTHORS; ARTISTS—A PATRON 242
XIX.—PETER PINDAR 262
XX.—LORD MUNSTER—LORD MELBOURNE; WASHINGTON
IRVING 281
XXI.—MY WRITINGS 295
APPENDIX 309
