A Publisher And His Friends (Fiscle Part-4) by Samuel Smiles (essential books to read .txt) 📕

Proportion, Subject To The Same

Objection. I Do Indeed Greatly Wish For A Figure By Thorwaldsen Here;

But No Taste Ought To Be Indulged To The Prejudice Of A Duty.

 

Chapter 27 (Moore's "Life Of Byron") Pg 137

 

 

With My Respectful Compliments To The Committee, I Beg You To Believe

Me,

 

 

 

Yours Truly,

 

 

 

John Ireland.

 

 

 

The Statue Was For Some Time Laid Up In A Shed On A Thames Wharf. An

Attempt Was Made In The House Of Commons To Alter The Decision Of The

Dean And Chapter, But It Proved Of No Avail. "I Would Do My Best," Said

Mr. Hobhouse, "To Prevail Upon Sir Robert Peel To Use His Influence With

The Dean. It Is A National Disgrace That The Statue Should Lie Neglected

In A Carrier's Ware-House, And It Is So Felt By Men Of All Parties. I

Have Had A Formal Application From Trinity College, Cambridge, For Leave

To Place The Monument In Their Great Library, And It Has Been Intimated

To Me That The French Government Desire To Have It For The Louvre." The

Result Was That The Subscribers, In Order To Retain The Statue In

England, Forwarded It To Trinity College, Cambridge, Whose Noble Library

It Now Adorns.

 

 

 

The Only Memorial To Byron In London Is The Contemptible Leaning Bronze

Statue In Apsley House Gardens, Nearly Opposite The Statue Of Achilles.

Its Pedestal Is A Block Of Parian Marble, Presented By The Greek

Government As A National Tribute To The Memory Of Byron.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chapter 28 (Benjamin Disraeli--Thomas Carlyle--And Others) Pg 138

 

 

 

Me. Disraeli's Earliest Appearance As An Author Had Been With The Novel

Of "Vivian Grey," Published After A Brief Visit To Germany While He Was

Still In His Eighteenth Year. Two Volumes Were Published In 1826, And A

Chapter 28 (Benjamin Disraeli--Thomas Carlyle--And Others) Pg 139

Third Volume, Or Continuation, In The Following Year. The Work Brought

The Author Some Notoriety, But, As Already Noticed, It Contained Matter

Which Gave Offence In Albemarle Street. After The Publication Of The

First Part, Which Was Contemporaneous With The Calamitous Affair Of The

_Representative_, Mr. Murray Saw But Little Of The Disraeli Family, But

At The Commencement Of 1830, Mr. Benjamin Disraeli Once More Applied To

Him For An Interview. Mr. Murray, However, In Whose Mind The Former

Episode Was Still Fresh, Was Unwilling To Accede To This Request, And

Replied In The Third Person.

 

 

 

_John Murray To Mr. B. Disraeli_.

 

 

 

"Mr. Murray Is Obliged To Decline At Present Any Personal Interview; But

If Mr. Benjamin Disraeli Is Disposed To Confide His Ms. To Mr. Murray As

A Man Of Business, Mr. Disraeli Is Assured That The Proposal Will Be

Entertained In Every Respect With The Strictest Honour And

Impartiality."

 

 

 

_Mr. B. Disraeli To John Murray_.

 

 

 

Union Hotel, Cockspur Street, 1830.

 

 

 

The Object Of My Interview With You Is _Purely Literary_. It Has Always

Been My Wish, If It Ever Were My Fate To Write Anything Calculated To

Arrest Public Attention, That You Should Be The Organ Of Introducing It

To Public Notice. A Letter I Received This Morning From My Elected

Critic Was The Reason Of My Addressing Myself To You.

 

 

 

I Am Sorry That Mr. Mitchell Is Out Of Town, Because He Is A Person In

Whom You Rightly Have Confidence; But From Some Observations He Made To

Me The Other Day It Is Perhaps Not To Be Regretted That He Does Not

Interfere In This Business. As He Has Overrated Some Juvenile

Indiscretions Of Mine, I Fear He Is Too Friendly A Critic.

 

 

 

I Am Thus Explicit Because I Think That Candour, For All Reasons, Is

Highly Desirable. If You Feel Any Inclination To Pursue This Affair, Act

As You Like, And Fix Upon Any Critic You Please. I Have No Objection To

Mr. Lockhart, Who Is Certainly An Able One, And Is, I Believe,

Influenced By No Undue Partiality Towards Me.

 

Chapter 28 (Benjamin Disraeli--Thomas Carlyle--And Others) Pg 140

 

 

At All Events, This Is An Affair Of No Great Importance--And Whatever

May Be Your Determination, It Will Not Change The Feelings Which, On My

Part, Influenced This Application. I Have The Honour To Be, Sir,

 

 

 

Your Obedient Servant,

 

 

 

Benj. Disraeli.

 

 

 

P.S.--I Think It Proper To Observe That I Cannot Crudely Deliver My Ms.

To Any One. I Must Have The Honour Of Seeing You Or Your Critic. I Shall

Keep This Negotiation Open For A Couple Of Days--That Is, I Shall Wait

For Your Answer Till Tuesday Morning, Although, From Particular

Circumstances, Time Is Important To Me.

 

 

 

Mr. Disraeli Was About To Make A Prolonged Journey Abroad. Before He Set

Out He Again Wrote To Mr. Murray:

 

 

 

_Mr. Disraeli To John Murray_.

 

 

 

Bradenham, Berks, _May_ 27, 1830.

 

 

 

Sir,

 

 

 

I Am Unwilling To Leave England, Which I Do On Saturday, Without

Noticing Your Last Communication, Because I Should Regret Very Much If

You Were To Misconceive The Motives Which Actuated Me In Not Complying

With The Suggestion Therein Contained. I Can Assure You I Leave In

Perfect Confidence Both In Your "Honour" And Your "Impartiality," For

The First I Have Never Doubted, And The Second It Is Your Interest To

Exercise.

 

 

 

The Truth Is, My Friend And Myself Differed In The Estimate Of The Ms.

Alluded To, And While I Felt Justified, From His Opinion, In Submitting

It To Your Judgment, I Felt It Due To My Own To Explain Verbally The

Chapter 28 (Benjamin Disraeli--Thomas Carlyle--And Others) Pg 141

Contending Views Of The Case, For Reasons Which Must Be Obvious.

 

 

 

As You Forced Me To Decide, I Decided As I Thought Most Prudently. The

Work Is One Which, I Dare Say, Would Neither Disgrace You To Publish,

Nor Me To Write; But It Is Not The Kind Of Production Which Should

Recommence Our Connection, Or Be Introduced To The World By The

Publisher Of Byron And Anastasius.

 

 

 

I Am Now About To Leave England For An Indefinite, Perhaps A Long

Period. When I Return, If I Do Return, I Trust It Will Be In My Power

For The _Third Time_ To Endeavour That You Should Be The Means Of

Submitting My Works To The Public. For This I Shall Be Ever Ready To

Make Great Sacrifices, And Let Me Therefore Hope That When I Next Offer

My Volumes To Your Examination, Like The Sibylline Books, Their

Inspiration May At Length Be Recognised.

 

 

 

I Am, Sir,

 

 

 

Your Obedient Servant,

 

 

 

B. Disraeli.

 

 

 

_John Murray To Mr. Disraeli_.

 

 

 

_May_ 29, 1830.

 

 

 

Mr. Murray Acknowledges The Receipt Of Mr. Benjamin Disraeli's Polite

Letter Of The 27th. Mr. Murray Will Be Ready At All Times To Receive Any

Ms. Which Mr. B. Disraeli May Think Proper To Confide To Him. Mr. Murray

Hopes The Result Of Mr. Disraeli's Travels Will Complete The Restoration

Of His Health, And The Gratification Of His Expectations."

 

 

 

Nearly Two Years Passed Before Mr. Disraeli Returned To England From

Those Travels In Spain, The Mediterranean And The Levant, Which Are So

Admirably Described In His "Home Letters," [Footnote: "Home Letters,"

Written By The Late Earl Of Beaconsfield In 1830 And 1831. London,

Chapter 28 (Benjamin Disraeli--Thomas Carlyle--And Others) Pg 142

1885.] And Which Appear To Have Exercised So Powerful An Influence On

His Own Character, And His Subsequent Career. Shortly After His Return,

He Wrote To Mr. Murray:

 

 

 

_Mr. Disraeli To John Murray_.

 

 

 

Bradenham House, Wycombe,

 

 

 

_February_ 10, 1832.

 

 

 

Sir,

 

 

 

I Have At Length Completed A Work Which I Wish To Submit To Your

Consideration. In So Doing, I Am Influenced By The Feelings I Have

Already Communicated To You.

 

 

 

If You Retain The Wish Expressed In A Note Which I Received At Athens In

The Autumn Of 1830, I Shall Have The Honour Of Forwarding The Ms, To

You. Believe Me, Sir, Whatever May Be The Result,

 

 

 

Very Cordially Yours,

 

 

 

Benj. Disraeli.

 

 

 

The Ms. Of The Work Was At Once Forwarded To Mr. Murray, Who Was,

However, Averse To Publishing It Without Taking The Advice Of His

Friends. He First Sent It To Mr. Lockhart, Requesting Him To Read It And

Pronounce His Opinion.

 

 

 

_Mr. Lockhart To John Murray_.

 

 

 

_March_ 3, 1832.