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A Publisher and His Friends

by Samuel Smiles

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  1. 1Preface
  2. 2Chapter III — Murray and Constable — Hunter and the Forfarshire Lai…
  3. 3Chapter XI — Murray’s Drawing-Room — Byron and Scott — Works Publis…
  4. 4Chapter XIV — Lord Byron’s Dealings With Mr. Murray — Continued
  5. 5Chapter I — John Macmurray or Murray
  6. 6Chapter II — John Murray (II.) — Beginning of His Publishing Career…
  7. 7Chapter III — Murray and Constable — Hunter and the Forfarshire Lai…
  8. 8Chapter IV — “Marmion” — Constables and Ballantynes — The “Edinburg…
  9. 9Chapter V — Origin of the “Quarterly Review”
  10. 10Chapter VI — The “Quarterly” Launched
  11. 11Chapter VII — Constable and Ballantyne
  12. 12Chapter VIII — Murray and Gifford — Rupture With Constable — Prospe…
  13. 13Chapter IX — Lord Byron’s Works, 1811 to 1814
  14. 14Chapter X — Mr. Murray’s Removal to 50, Albemarle Street
  15. 15Chapter XI — Murray’s Drawing-Room — Byron and Scott — Works Publis…
  16. 16Chapter XII — Various Publications — Charles Maturin — S.T. Colerid…
  17. 17Chapter XIII — Thomas Campbell — John Cam Hobhouse — J.W. Croker-Ja…
  18. 18Chapter XIV — Lord Byron’s Dealings With Mr. Murray — continued_
  19. 19Chapter XV — Lord Byron’s Dealings With Mr. Murray — Continued — Th…
  20. 20Chapter XVI — Byron’s Death and the Destruction of His Memoirs
  21. 21Chapter XVII — Scott’s Novels — Blackwood and Murray
  22. 22Chapter XVIII — Alliance With Blackwood — Blackwood’s “Edinburgh Ma…
  23. 23Chapter XIX — Works Published in 1817-18 — Correspondence, etc
  24. 24Chapter XX — Hallam Basil Hall — Crabbe — Hope — Horace and James S…
  25. 25Chapter XXI — Memoirs of Lady Hervey and Horace Walpole — Belzoni —…
  26. 26Chapter XXII — Washington Irving — Ugo Foscolo — Lady Caroline Lamb…
  27. 27Chapter XXIII — Gifford’s Retirement From the Editorship of the “Qu…
  28. 28Chapter XXIV — The “Representative”
  29. 29Chapter XXV — Mr. Lockhart as Editor of the “Quarterly” — Hallam —…
  30. 30Chapter XXVI — Sir Walter’s Last Years
  31. 31Chapter XXVII — Napier’s “Peninsular War” — Choker’s “Boswell” — “T…
  32. 32Chapter XXVIII — Moore’s “Life of Byron”
  33. 33Chapter XXIX — Benjamin Disraeli — Thomas Carlyle — And Others
  34. 34Chapter XXX — Mr. Gladstone and Others
  35. 35Chapter XXXI — George Borrow — Richard Ford — Horace Twiss — John S…
  36. 36Chapter XXXII — John Murray as a Publisher

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