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George Smith, a Memoir: With Some Pages of Autobiography

George Smith, a Memoir: With Some Pages of Autobiography

Lee, Sidney
Smith, George
Stephen, Leslie

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Series: Cambridge Library Collection - History of Printing, Publishi

Letters & EssaysLiterary Criticism

ISBN10: 1108047645
ISBN13: 9781108047647
Publisher: Cambridge
Published: May 10 2012
Pages: 164
Weight: 0.47
Height: 0.38 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
This 1902 book, originally intended for private circulation, is a memoir of George Smith (1824-1901), founder, proprietor and publisher of The Cornhill Magazine and later the Dictionary of National Biography. The small volume, compiled by Smith's wife, consists of a memoir of Smith by Sidney Lee, followed by four short autobiographical pieces that Smith wrote for The Cornhill. He recalls his years at the publishing house of Smith, Elder and Co.; his encounters with Charlotte Brontë, who stayed with the Smiths in London; his idea of founding a magazine; and the 'lawful pleasures' of court cases for libel. The final item is Sir Leslie Stephen's obituary of Smith, first published in The Cornhill. The book, illustrated with two portraits of Smith, and a photograph of his memorial tablet in St Paul's Cathedral, provides an engaging portrait of a significant Victorian publisher and man of letters.

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