The Autobiography of William Jerdan
Vol. III. 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. III.
LONDON:
ARTHUR HALL, VIRTUE, & Co., 25, PATERNOSTER ROW.
1852.
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LONDON:
BRADBURY AND EVANS, PRINTERS, WHITEFRIARS.
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TO
THE MEMORY OF THE DEEPLY LAMENTED
L. E. L.
TO WHOSE GENIUS THE “LITERARY GAZETTE” WAS, DURING MANY YEARS,
INDEBTED FOR ITS GREATEST ATTRACTIONS,
This Volume
IS GRATEFULLY INSCRIBED, BY
W. JERDAN.
October, 1852
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CONTENTS.
Chap. Page
I. INTRODUCTORY
II.—JOHN MURRAY—PETER
ROBERTSON—THEODORE
HOOK, ETC. ETC. 11
III. POETRY THE NURSE OF LOVE 24
IV. COLERIDGE—DR. DIBDIN—CRUELTY TO
ANIMALS—
PERIODICAL LITERATURE—ISMAEL FITZADAM,
AUTHOR OF
THE “HARP OF THE DESERT,” “LAYS
OF LAND,” ETC.—THE GLORIOUS UNCERTAINTIES
OF PUBLISHING
34
V. CRITICISMS—HARLOW THE ARTIST—MRS.
HEMANS
—SOUTHEY—THE “GAZETTE”—BLACKWOOD—A
STRUGGLE, AND
ACCESSION OF STRENGTH 51
VI.—W. GIFFORD—R. WESTLEY HALL DARE—ASSIZE
INTELLIGENCE—GLOUCESTERSHIRE AND THE
WYE 66
VII.—THE “GAZETTE”—NEW
CONTRIBUTORS—MR. PYNE,
WINE AND WALNUTS—DR.
MAGINN
77
VIII.—THE ABBE M’QUIN—BERNARD
BARTON, AND THE
QUESTION OP QUAKER POETRY—N. T.
CAR-
RINGTON—SPECIMEN OF POETIC PURSUITS 103
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IX—MISCELLANEOUS—MULOCK—MILLETT AND
ALADDIN
—INSANITY—DR. J. CONOLLY—DEATH OF MY
MOTHER—HAYDON—POETIC BARGAINING 123
X.—FOUNDATION OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LIT-
ERATURE 135
XI.—HISTORY OF THE FOUNDATION OF THE ROYAL
SOCIETY OF LITERATURE CONCLUDED
152
XII.—L. E. L.
169
XIII.—L. E. L.
184
XIV.—RETROSPECTIVE REFLECTIONS—GREAT SERVICES
RENDERED TO THE “LITERARY GAZETTE” BY
CONTEMPORARY WRITERS 207
XV.—LITERATI OF THE GAZETTE-ERA!—TRAITS OF DIS-
TINGUISHED WRITERS, AND
REMINISCENCES OF
VALUED COLLEAGUES 222
XVL—AUGUSTUS CONWAY; THE MEMORY OF A FRIEND
VINDICATED 235
XVII.—OF THE WELLESLEY FAMILY—THE DUKE OF
WEL-
LINGTON—TALLEYRAND
251
XVIII.—RETURN TO MYSELF AND THE “LITERARY
GAZETTE”
—REVIEW OF LITERARY FORCES 265
XIX.—RETROSPECTIVE—FACETIÆ—LITERARY ANECDOTES
—SUNDRIES 284
XX.—PERSONAL AFFAIRS 303
APPENDIX 311
