Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, by an Octogenarian
by James Roche
Format: Paperback
ISBN13: 9780217196581
Paperback|9780217196581
Out of Stock
Overview
Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: two of his lapses, in an interesting letter which our readers will feel obliged to us for giving them nearly entire. Cork, June 1850. I had prepared this article for the Gentleman's Magazine, on learning from his lordship's letter to Mr. Aylmer, that a new edition, deservedly demanded by the popularity of the subject, and -merit of composition, was in readiness, as I was desirous of submitting to his lordship's notice, in case he should consider them entitled to attention, the observations suggested to me by the perusal of his volume, previous to its republication. Having, however, been subsequently informed that the design was either abandoned, or indefinitely postponed, I withheld what I had written until last summer, when, on its reaching the editor of the Magazine, its object, I found, had been forestalled; for a consonant paper was already in the press. Yet, with the uniform kindness which has ever marked our correspondence, the editor sacrificed a portion of what had been thus prepared, in order to admit my offering, to the loss and disappointment, I unfeignedly apprehend, of the reading public. The blended composition appeared consequently in the July number of the Magazine; and I here introduce it as therein presented, always distinguishing each paragraph, at its close, by the initials, G. M., and the extracts from Lord Cloncurry's volume, as usual, by inverted commas, in order to preclude all charge of plagiarism, or of trespass on alien domain. Lord Cloncurry's work, from various causes, attracted the early notice of several journalists, whose animad- VOL. II. T versions, however, have been almost exclusively confined to the noble author's political conduct or opinions, while they pass unremarked the stated incidents of the narrative. In Frazer's Magazine...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217196581 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10 | 0217196586 |
| Weight | 1.36 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.93 In |
| List Price | $27.55 |
| Format | Paperback |
|---|---|
| Pages | 420 pages |
| Publisher | |
| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
View All Offers
Sort by:
Price
