Autograph letters and notes signed (ca. 236), with 31 envelopes (most with autograph notes) : [n.p.], most to George Smith, 1851-1863 and [n.d.].

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Autograph letters and notes signed (ca. 236), with 31 envelopes (most with autograph notes) : [n.p.], most to George Smith, 1851-1863 and [n.d.].

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This substantially unpublished correspondence spans the last two decades of Thackeray's life, and includes extensive comment on his own work as novelist and editor, as well as evaluations of the work of many of his distinguished contemporaries. It is probably the longest series of letters Thackeray ever wrote to a single correspondent. As proprietor of the publishing firm Smith and Elder, George Smith, the recipient of the letters, published works of John Ruskin, George Eliot, Charlotte Brontë, Anthony Trollope, Robert Browning, Matthew Arnold, and Thackeray. In 1859 he started The Cornhill Magazine, with Thackeray as editor, and in 1882 founded The Dictionary of National Biography. In his capacity as editor of The Cornhill Magazine, Thackeray writes to Smith concerning the work of such authors as Dickens, Trollope, Charlotte Brontë, Washington Irving, and Tennyson. He also discusses his own work, particularly The Rose and the Ring, The Virginians, Denis Duval, and The Four Georges, the autograph manuscripts of all of which are at the Morgan Library; and Esmond, Thackeray's first novel for Smith.

267 items (ca. 288 p.) + with 31 envelopes.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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Riviere & Son,

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Smith, George, 1824-1901

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The publishing firm of Smith, Elder, and Co. was founded by George Smith (1789–1846) and Alexander Elder (1790–1876). Upon the death of his father, George Smith (son) took control and under his stewardship, the company flourished. Its first major success was the publication of Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre in 1847, under the pseudonym of "Currer Bell." The firm is perhaps best known for publishing the first edition of the Dictionary of National Biography, widely popularized as the DNB. ...

Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863

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Amy Crowe (1831-1865) was a family friend who lived with Thackeray as his adopted daughter and later married Thackerays̓ cousin Edward Talbot Thackeray. From the description of [Letter] to Amy Crowe, 27 September [1854], 36 Onslow Sqr. Brompton. [1854] (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign). WorldCat record id: 35091085 Thackeray was an English novelist and satirist. J. Pearson and Co. and George William Childs were booksellers in London. Anne Isabella Thackeray Ritchi...