Letters Written Between the Years 1784 and 1807The literary career of Anna Seward (1742-1809) had many frustrations. Erasmus Darwin once printed her poetry under his own name. Horace Walpole accused her of having 'no imagination'. And despite her evident talents, she was unable to find a patron willing to support a woman. Yet her letters reveal the breadth of her interests and the strength of her literary criticism. In addition to writing to newspapers and magazines, she counted many eminent figures among her correspondents, including James Boswell (who begged for a lock of her hair) and the young Walter Scott. This six-volume selection of her letters, edited by the publisher Archibald Constable (1774-1827), first appeared in 1811. A touching record of her final years, Volume 6 covers the period 1802-7. It includes her letters to the young Walter Scott, who visited her at her Lichfield home and prepared an edition of her poems after her death. |
Contents
Mr Simmons Surgeon in Manchester Page | 3 |
Mrs M Powys | 7 |
Walter Scott Esq | 13 |
Rev T S Whalley | 21 |
Rev J H Todd of London | 26 |
Thomas Park Esq | 30 |
Thomas Park Esq | 41 |
Right Hon Lady Eleanor Butler and Miss Ponsonby | 49 |
Rev R Fellowes | 219 |
Miss Ponsonby | 223 |
Rev H F Cary | 227 |
Miss Ponsonby | 230 |
Rev R Fellowes | 236 |
To | 242 |
Miss Fem | 245 |
Miss Catherine Mallet of Brianson Street London | 250 |
Rev Dewhurst Bilsbury | 52 |
William Hayley Esq on his Life of Cow per | 59 |
Rev R Fellowes | 75 |
Dr Lister | 79 |
Dr Percival of Manchester | 85 |
Walter Scott Esq | 91 |
Rev R Fellowes | 101 |
Mrs Childers Sen Page | 105 |
Rev T S Whalley | 114 |
Mrs Stokes | 117 |
Mr Todd | 120 |
Lee Philips Esq of Mayfield | 125 |
LientCol R Wolseley | 131 |
Dr Percival of Manchester | 135 |
Mrs Childers Dowager late of Cant Iy Lodge near Doncaster | 140 |
Thomas Park Esq | 150 |
William Hayley Esq | 159 |
William Hayley Esq | 166 |
Mrs Blore | 174 |
Lee Philips Esq of Mayfield | 177 |
Mrs | 182 |
Mrs Granville of Calwicb | 186 |
Miss V | 188 |
Charles Simpson Esq | 191 |
Mrs Mary Powys | 201 |
Walter Scott Esq | 207 |
Walter Scott Esq | 214 |
Rev Robert Fellowes | 256 |
Mrs Jackson in Edinburgh | 264 |
Rev T S Whalley of Bath | 270 |
Walter Scott Esq | 276 |
Rev Rich Sykes of WestElla Page | 281 |
Mrs M Powys at Cliflon | 285 |
Miss Catherine Mallet of London | 290 |
Rev Dr Manse Master of Trinity College Cambridge | 298 |
Rev H F Cary | 301 |
Rev Dr Mansel Master of Trinity College Cambridge | 306 |
Walter Scott Esq | 314 |
Mrs Stokes | 319 |
Mr Seward of Birmingham | 322 |
Walter Scott Esq | 325 |
Walter Scott Esq | 332 |
Rev H F Cary | 337 |
Dr Hnssey at Portsmouth | 341 |
Mrs King | 345 |
Mrs Blore of Edenzor Derbyshire | 354 |
Robert Southey Esq | 358 |
Walter Scott Esq | 362 |
Captain Hastings of the 82d Regiment ofi Copenhagen | 370 |
Robert Southey Esq | 374 |
Mrs Stokes | 380 |
Walter Scott Esq | 387 |
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