A Publisher and his Friends Memoir and Correspondence of the Late John Murray, with an Account of the Origin and Progress of the House, 1768–1843
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- CHAPTER I JOHN MACMURRAY OR MURRAY
- CHAPTER II JOHN MURRAY (II.)—BEGINNING OF HIS PUBLISHING CAREER—ISAAC D'ISRAELI, ETC
- CHAPTER III MURRAY AND CONSTABLE—HUNTER AND THE FORFARSHIRE LAIRDS—MARRIAGE OF JOHN MURRAY
- CHAPTER IV ‘MARMION’—‘DOMESTIC COOKERY’—THE ‘EDINBURGH REVIEW’
- CHAPTER V ORIGIN OF THE ‘QUARTERLY REVIEW’
- CHAPTER VI GEORGE ELLIS AND WILLIAM GIFFORD
- CHAPTER VII THE ‘QUARTERLY’ LAUNCHED
- CHAPTER VIII PUBLISHING BUSINESS—THE ‘QUARTERLY’—CONSTABLE AND BALLANTYNE
- CHAPTER IX MURRAY AND GIFFORD—BALLANTYNE AND CONSTABLE—PROSPERITY OF THE ‘QUARTERLY’
- CHAPTER X LORD BYRON'S WORKS, l8l2 TO 1814
- CHAPTER XI MR. MURRAY'S REMOVAL TO 50 ALBEMARLE STREET
- CHAPTER XII MURRAY'S DRAWING-ROOM—BYRON AND SCOTT—WORKS PUBLISHED IN l8l5—THE ‘QUARTERLY’
- CHAPTER XIII CHARLES MATURIN—S. T. COLERIDGE—LEIGH HUNT—MADAME DE STAËL—MRS. GRAHAM
- CHAPTER XIV THOMAS CAMPBELL—JOHN CAM HOBHOUSE—JAMES HOGG, ETC
- CHAPTER XV LORD BYRON'S DEALINGS WITH MR. MURRAY—Continued
- CHAPTER XVI LORD BYRON'S DEALINGS WITH MR. MURRAY—continued—THE DEATH OF ALLEGRA, ETC
- CHAPTER XVII BYRON'S DEATH AND THE DESTRUCTION OF HIS MEMOIRS
- CHAPTER XVIII BLACKWOOD AND MURRAY—SCOTT'S NOVELS
- CHAPTER XIX BLACKWOOD'S ‘EDINBURGH REVIEW’—TERMINATION OF PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN MURRAY AND BLACKWOOD
CHAPTER II - JOHN MURRAY (II.)—BEGINNING OF HIS PUBLISHING CAREER—ISAAC D'ISRAELI, ETC
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 October 2014
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- CHAPTER I JOHN MACMURRAY OR MURRAY
- CHAPTER II JOHN MURRAY (II.)—BEGINNING OF HIS PUBLISHING CAREER—ISAAC D'ISRAELI, ETC
- CHAPTER III MURRAY AND CONSTABLE—HUNTER AND THE FORFARSHIRE LAIRDS—MARRIAGE OF JOHN MURRAY
- CHAPTER IV ‘MARMION’—‘DOMESTIC COOKERY’—THE ‘EDINBURGH REVIEW’
- CHAPTER V ORIGIN OF THE ‘QUARTERLY REVIEW’
- CHAPTER VI GEORGE ELLIS AND WILLIAM GIFFORD
- CHAPTER VII THE ‘QUARTERLY’ LAUNCHED
- CHAPTER VIII PUBLISHING BUSINESS—THE ‘QUARTERLY’—CONSTABLE AND BALLANTYNE
- CHAPTER IX MURRAY AND GIFFORD—BALLANTYNE AND CONSTABLE—PROSPERITY OF THE ‘QUARTERLY’
- CHAPTER X LORD BYRON'S WORKS, l8l2 TO 1814
- CHAPTER XI MR. MURRAY'S REMOVAL TO 50 ALBEMARLE STREET
- CHAPTER XII MURRAY'S DRAWING-ROOM—BYRON AND SCOTT—WORKS PUBLISHED IN l8l5—THE ‘QUARTERLY’
- CHAPTER XIII CHARLES MATURIN—S. T. COLERIDGE—LEIGH HUNT—MADAME DE STAËL—MRS. GRAHAM
- CHAPTER XIV THOMAS CAMPBELL—JOHN CAM HOBHOUSE—JAMES HOGG, ETC
- CHAPTER XV LORD BYRON'S DEALINGS WITH MR. MURRAY—Continued
- CHAPTER XVI LORD BYRON'S DEALINGS WITH MR. MURRAY—continued—THE DEATH OF ALLEGRA, ETC
- CHAPTER XVII BYRON'S DEATH AND THE DESTRUCTION OF HIS MEMOIRS
- CHAPTER XVIII BLACKWOOD AND MURRAY—SCOTT'S NOVELS
- CHAPTER XIX BLACKWOOD'S ‘EDINBURGH REVIEW’—TERMINATION OF PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN MURRAY AND BLACKWOOD
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- A Publisher and his FriendsMemoir and Correspondence of the Late John Murray, with an Account of the Origin and Progress of the House, 1768–1843, pp. 29 - 55Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2014First published in: 1891