Chapter M: R. MITFORD: Letter to Mrs. Crowther, January 1, 1855,13 in

‘Friendships of Mary Russell Mitford.’

FOOTNOTES:

[13] She died on the 10th of January.

LIST OF WORKS QUOTED IN VOL. I.

ALISON.--Some Account of My Life and Writings: an Autobiography, by Sir Archibald Alison. Edinburgh and London: Wm. Blackwood & Sons, 1883. (Quoted on Maria Edgeworth.)

ALLIBONE.--Dictionary of British and American Authors, by Samuel A. Allibone. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1874. (For dates, etc.)

_Atlantic Monthly._--Article on Jane Austen, by Mrs. Waterston, and article on Shelley, by Thornton Hunt, in February number, 1863.

AUSTEN.--Letters of Jane Austen, edited by Lord Brabourne. London: Richard Bentley & Son, 1884.

BROWNING.--Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning to R. H. Horne. New York: James Miller, 1877. (Quoted on Mary R. Mitford.)

BRYDGES.--Autobiography, Times, Opinions, and Contemporaries of Sir Egerton Brydges. London: Cockrane and M’Crane, 1834. (Quoted on Jane Austen.)

BURNEY.--Diary and Letters of Frances Burney, Mme. D’Arblay, edited by S. C. Woolsey. Boston: Roberts Bros., 1880.

BYRON.--Letters and Journals of Lord Byron, edited by Thomas Moore. New York: Harper & Bros., 1868. (Quoted on Maria Edgeworth.)

CHORLEY.--Autobiography, Memoir and Letters of Henry F. Chorley. London: Richard Bentley & Son, 1873. (Quoted on Lady Blessington.)

CLARKE.--Recollections of Writers, by Charles and Mary Cowden Clarke. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons. (Quoted on Mary Shelley, Mary Lamb, and Lady Blessington.)

COLERIDGE.--Memoir and Letters of Sara Coleridge, edited by her Daughter. New York: Harper & Bros., 1874. (Quoted on Mary Lamb, Jane Austen, Joanna Baillie and Hannah More.)

_Contemporary Review._--Miss Burney’s Novels, by Mary Elizabeth Christie, in Dec. number, 1882.

CROSS.--George Eliot’s Life, by J. W. Cross. New York: Harper & Bros., 1885. (Quoted on Hannah More.)

DELANY.--Autobiography and Correspondence of Mrs. Delany, edited by S. C. Woolsey. Boston: Roberts Bros., 1879. (Quoted on Frances Burney.)

EDGEWORTH.--Memoirs of Richard Lovell Edgeworth, by Maria Edgeworth. Boston: Wells & Lilly, 1821.

ELWOOD.--Memoirs of the Literary Ladies of England, by Mrs. Elwood. London: Henry Colburn, 1843. (Quoted on Hannah More and Mary Wollstonecraft.)

FARRAR.--Recollections of Seventy Years, by Eliza Farrar. Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1866. (Quoted on Maria Edgeworth and Joanna Baillie.)

FIELDS.--Yesterdays with Authors, by James T. Fields. Boston: J. R. Osgood & Co., 1872. (Quoted on Mary R. Mitford.)

Barry Cornwall and Some of His Friends, by James T. Fields. Boston: J. R. Osgood & Co., 1876. (Quoted on Lady Blessington.)

FLETCHER.--Autobiography of Mrs. Fletcher. Boston: Roberts Bros., 1876. (Quoted on Maria Edgeworth and Joanna Baillie.)

_Frazer’s Magazine._--Recent Novels, by G. H. Lewes, in December number, 1847. (Quoted on Jane Austen.)

GASKELL.--Life of Charlotte Brontë, by E. C. Gaskell. New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1858. (Quoted on Jane Austen.)

GILCHRIST.--Mary Lamb, by Anne Gilchrist. (Famous Women Series.) Boston: Roberts Bros., 1883.

GILFILLAN.--A Second Gallery of Literary Portraits, by G. Gilfillan. Edinburgh: James Hogg. London: R. Groombridge & Sons, 1850. (Quoted on Mary Shelley.)

HALL.--A Book of Memories of Great Men and Women of the Age, by (Mr. and Mrs.) S. C. Hall. London: Virtue & Co., 1871. (Quoted on Maria Edgeworth, Joanna Baillie, Lady Blessington, M. R. Mitford, and Hannah More.)

Retrospect of a Long Life, by S. C. Hall. New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1883. (Quoted on Maria Edgeworth, M. R. Mitford and Lady Blessington.)

_Harpers’ Bazar._--An anonymous article, quoted on Jane Austen.

HAZLITT.--Sketches and Essays, and Winterslow, by Wm. Hazlitt. Edited by W. Carew Hazlitt. London: Bell & Daldy, 1869. (Quoted on Mary Wollstonecraft.)

HAZLITT.--Mary and Charles Lamb: Poems, Letters and Remains, collected by W. Carew Hazlitt. New York: Scribner, Welford & Armstrong, 1874.

HOGG.--The Life of Percy Bysshe Shelley, by T. J. Hogg. London: Edward Moxon, 1858. (Quoted on Mrs. Shelley.)

HOLLAND.--Recollections of Past Life, by Sir Henry Holland. New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1872. (Quoted on Mme. D’Arblay and Joanna Baillie.)

Memoirs of Sidney Smith, by his Daughter, Lady Holland. London: Longmans, Green & Co. (Quoted on Maria Edgeworth.)

KNOWLES.--The Life and Writings of Henry Fuseli, by John Knowles. London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1831. (Quoted on Mary Wollstonecraft.)

LAMB.--Works of Charles Lamb, with Sketch by T. N. Talfourd. New York: Harper & Bros., 1838. (Quoted on Mary Lamb and Mary Shelley.)

LEIGH.--A Memoir of Jane Austen, by Her Nephew, Rev. J. E. Austen-Leigh. London: Richard Bentley, 1870.

L’ESTRANGE.--The Life of Mary Russell Mitford, edited by Rev. A. G. L’Estrange. London: Richard Bentley, 1870. (Quoted on M. R. Mitford, Maria Edgeworth, Jane Austen, and Frances Burney.)

The Friendships of Mary Russell Mitford, edited by Rev. A. G. L’Estrange. New York: Harper & Bros., 1882.

The Literary Life of the Rev. Wm. Harness, by Rev. A. G. L’Estrange. London: Hurst & Blackett, 1871. (Quoted on M. R. Mitford.)

LOCKHART.--Memoirs of Sir Walter Scott, by J. G. Lockhart. Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Black, 1871. (Quoted on Maria Edgeworth, Frances Burney, Jane Austen and Joanna Baillie.)

MACAULAY.--Critical and Historical Essays, by Lord Macaulay. New York: Albert Mason, 1875. (Quoted on Frances Burney and Jane Austen.)

MADDEN.--The Literary Life and Correspondence of the Countess of Blessington, by R. R. Madden. New York: Harper & Bros., 1855.

MARTINEAU.--Autobiography of Harriet Martineau. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1877. (Quoted on Jane Austen, M. R. Mitford, and Joanna Baillie.)

Biographical Sketches, by Harriet Martineau. New York: Leypoldt & Holt, 1869. (Quoted on M. R. Mitford.)

MILLER.--Harriet Martineau, by Mrs. Fenwick Miller. (Famous Women Series.) Boston: Roberts Bros., 1885. (Quoted on Jane Austen.)

MITFORD.--Recollections of a Literary Life, by Mary Russell Mitford. New York: Harper & Bros., 1852. (Quoted on M. R. Mitford and Jane Austen.)

MOORE.--Memoirs, Journal and Correspondence of Thomas Moore, edited by Lord John Russell. London: Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1854. (Quoted on Maria Edgeworth.)

OLIVER.--A Memoir of Anna L. Barbauld, by Grace A. Ellis (Oliver). Boston: J. R. Osgood & Co., 1874. (Quoted on Frances Burney and Joanna Baillie.)

A Study of Maria Edgeworth, by Grace A. Oliver. Boston: A. Williams & Co., 1882.

OWEN.--The Autobiography of Robert Dale Owen. London: Effingham Wilson, 1857-8. (Quoted on Mary Shelley.)

PATMORE.--My Friends and Acquaintance, by P. G. Patmore. London: Saunders & Otley, 1854. (Quoted on Lady Blessington.)

PAUL.--William Godwin, His Friends and Contemporaries, by C. Kegan Paul. Boston: Roberts Bros., 1876. (Quoted on Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley.)

PAYN.--Some Literary Recollections, by James Payn. New York: Harper & Bros., 1884. (Quoted on M. R. Mitford.)

PENNELL.--Life of Mary Wollstonecraft, by Elizabeth Robins Pennell. (Famous Women Series.) Boston: Roberts Bros., 1884.

PROCTER.--Charles Lamb: a Memoir, by Barry Cornwall (Bryan W. Procter). London: Edward Moxon & Co., 1866. (Quoted on Mary Lamb.)

ROBERTS.--Memoirs of Hannah More, by W. Roberts. New York: Harper & Bros., 1834. (Quoted on Hannah More and Mary Wollstonecraft.)

ROBINSON.--Diary, Reminiscences and Correspondence of Henry Crabb Robinson. Boston: J. R. Osgood & Co., 1871. (Quoted on Maria Edgeworth, Mary Lamb, Joanna Baillie, and Lady Blessington.)

SCOTT.--Miscellanies of Sir Walter Scott. (Vol. I.) Philadelphia: Carey & Hart, 1841. (Quoted on Maria Edgeworth and Mary Shelley.)

SEDGWICK.--Letters from Abroad to Kindred at Home, by Catherine M. Sedgwick. New York: Harper & Bros., 1841. (Quoted on M. R. Mitford.)

SHELLEY.--Shelley Memorials from Authentic Sources, edited by Lady Shelley. London: Henry S. King & Co., 1875.

Poetical Works of P. B. Shelley, with Notes by Mrs. Shelley. Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1857.

Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley. Boston: Sever, Francis & Co., 1869.

SIGOURNEY.--Pleasant Memories of Pleasant Lands, by Mrs. L. H. Sigourney. Boston: James Munroe & Co., 1844. (Quoted on Maria Edgeworth.)

SOMERVILLE.--Personal Recollections, from Early Life to Old Age, of Mary Somerville. Boston: Roberts Bros., 1874. (Quoted on Maria Edgeworth.)

SOUTHEY.--Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey, edited by Rev. C. C. Southey. London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1849. (Quoted on Hannah More and Mary Wollstonecraft).

Correspondence of Robert Southey with Caroline Bowles, edited by Edward Dowden. London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1881. (Quoted on Mary Wollstonecraft.)

TALFOURD.--Final Memorials of Charles Lamb, by T. N. Talfourd. London: Edward Moxon, 1848. (Quoted on Mary Lamb and Hannah More.)

TAYLOR.--At Home and Abroad, by Bayard Taylor. New York: G. P. Putnam, 1862.

TAYLOR.--Autobiography of Henry Taylor. London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1885. (Quoted on Jane Austen.)

THOMPSON.--Life of Hannah More, by Henry Thompson. Philadelphia: Carey & Hart, 1838.

TICKNOR.--Life, Letters and Journals of George Ticknor. Boston: J. R. Osgood & Co., 1876. (Quoted on Maria Edgeworth, Joanna Baillie, and Mary Russell Mitford.)

TRELAWNY.--Recollections of the Last Days of Shelley and Byron, by E. J. Trelawny. Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1858.

TREVELYAN.--Life and Letters of T. B. Macaulay, by G. Otto Trevelyan. New York: Harper & Bros., 1876. (Quoted on Hannah More.)

TYTLER.--Jane Austen and Her Works, by Sarah Tytler. Cassell, & Company, Limited.

Songstresses of Scotland, by Sarah Tytler and J. L. Watson. London: Strahan & Co., 1871. (Quoted on Joanna Baillie.)

WALPOLE.--The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1861. (Quoted on Hannah More, Frances Burney, and Mary Wollstonecraft.)

WILLIS.--Pencillings by the Way, by N. P. Willis. New York: Charles Scribner, 1853. (Quoted on Lady Blessington.)

WOLLSTONECRAFT.--A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, by Mary Wollstonecraft. London: Printed for J. Johnson, 1792.

Posthumous Works by the Author of a Vindication of the Rights of Woman. London: Printed for J. Johnson, 1798.

Mary Wollstonecraft’s Letters to Imlay, with Prefatory Memoir by C. Kegan Paul. London: C. Kegan Paul & Co., 1879.

ZIMMERN.--Maria Edgeworth, by Helen Zimmern. (Famous Women Series.) Boston: Roberts Bros., 1883.

Transcriber’s Notes

Errors in punctuation and spacing have been fixed.

Page 205: “respectable and aimiable” changed to “respectable and amiable”

Page 206: “an hundreth time” changed to “an hundredth time”