Edward Du Bois manuscript material : 3 items 1818

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Edward Du Bois manuscript material : 3 items 1818

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Edward Du Bois, English writer. In addition to translating and writing several books, he held a long run as editor of the Monthly Mirror, and between 1833-45 served as treasurer and secretary of the Metropolitan Lunacy Commission. To Thomas Love Peacock, satirical novelist and poet : 3 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 15 May 1818 : (P'ANA 0034) : from Temple, Brick Court : begins, "There are two perhapses -- Perhaps you may remember that we met sometime ago at Horace Smith's; but as you then took your Nap, perhaps you went to sleep and forgot it." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 26 May 1818 : (P'ANA 0035) : from Temple : begins, "I received your letter today, and I think you for it; but you give me nothing that Scheffer and others have not supplied." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 18 Nov 1818 : (P'ANA 0036) : from Temple : begins, "I was sitting here when I received your present, and I call Horace Smith to witness whether my Chambers would at all disgrace any part of Night-mare Abbey..."; with a suggestion for an alternate ending. -- All letters to Peacock are published with commentary in Shelley and his Circle, v. 6 (SC 480, 481 and 507).

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The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.

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Du Bois, Edward, 1774-1850

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Edward Du Bois, English writer. In addition to translating and writing several books, he held a long run as editor of the Monthly Mirror, and between 1833-45 served as treasurer and secretary of the Metropolitan Lunacy Commission. From the description of Edward Du Bois manuscript material : 3 items, 1818 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 175281474 From the guide to the Edward Du Bois manuscript material : 3 items, 1818, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pfor...

Peacock, Thomas Love, 1785-1866

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Thomas Love Peacock was an English author, perhaps best remembered for his satiric novels. He was working as a clerk when he published his first collection of poems, and his verse and essays earned him popularity with the public and his fellow writers. Over the course of his career, he published seven novels, each a unique combination of satire and observation; they are valuable for their commentary on contemporary English society, yet timeless in their themes and humour. Peacock had many litera...