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The British Letter Writers
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Author : Robert Cochrane
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1892
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The British Letter Writers
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language : en
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Release Date : 1892
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The British Letter Writers
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Author : UNKNOWN. AUTHOR
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2015-06-25
The British Letter Writers written by UNKNOWN. AUTHOR and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-25 with Literary Collections categories.
Excerpt from The British Letter Writers: A Comprehensive Collection of the Best English Letters From the 15th Century to the Present Time In adding a few prefatory sentences to the fifth volume which has passed from the hand of the present compiler into the series in which this volume appears, it may be sufficient to say, in the first place, that the idea of making a collection of the best English letters is not a new one with him. Some years before the issue of Mr. Scoone's admirable Four Centuries of English Letters, to which we have been indebted, the idea had taken shape which has only now been executed. The matter in this volume will be found much greater in quantity, however, than in the work we have mentioned. The compiler has endeavoured to do his best with the materials under command. For any modern names which do not appear, the fact that their works are copyright must be held as a sufficient reason. All that the compiler claims to have done is to have made a collection of English letters from the best sources at command. No attempt has been made at the annotation of the letters beyond a brief explanatory note at the beginning of those letters which seemed to require it. In some cases an authors own words have been used as an explanatory note. The book is arranged in two sections - (1) Familiar and Domestic; (2) Historical, Literary, and Descriptive Letters. Although this distinction has been preserved as closely as possible, in many cases a letter may naturally fall as readily into one division as another, and may have characteristics common to both. Such a collection does not need an apology. As materials for biography and history, letters have always occupied a high and indispensable place. When good and characteristic, as in the lives of Arnold, Dickens, Carlyle, Macaulay, or Kingsley, they constitute the best key to the character of the subject of the memoir, and in all probability lend the chief charm to the work for many a reader. For instance, we see the real Charles Dickens shining less or more through every letter that he wrote. The same is the case in Froude's Carlyle. Looked at as materials for history, letters have always held an important place; we have a part of the Sacred Writings cast in the form of letters; many gems of literature thus exist in which pathos, humour, fine feeling, and good criticism are freely displayed. The heart of a subject is sometimes laid bare in a familiar letter in a way in which we do not find it in the page of sober history; we come, too, into close contact with the mind of the now historical persons who penned them, and catch, as in a mirror, some of then faded lineaments. Of course, just as we have tedious and tiresome people, we have tedious, flippant, and tiresome letters, with small reason for historical existence; but these can be easily avoided. It would take up too much space to mention all the works drawn upon. We have already mentioned our indebtedness to Mr. Scoone's book ;in addition we might mention: A Select Collection of Original Letters written by the most Eminent Persons, 2 vols. (Rivington, and B. J. Dodsley, 1755), up till that time the best selection published; also The Letters of Eminent Persons, selected and illustrated byE. A. Willmott (1839), many of whose valuable and discriminating notes have been adopted for this book. Acknowledgments are due to the following firms and private individuals who have kindly granted the use of valuable letters: Messrs. Longman & Co.; Kegan Paul, Trench, & Co.; Isbister & Co.; Mr. Maclehose; Bickers & Son; T. C. Jack; the Froprietors of Dr. Livingstones Life; Misses Dickens and Hogarth; the late Dr. Hanna; Dr. Peter Bayne; and Mrs. Bishop (Isabella L. Bird). About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
English Letter Writers
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Author : C. E. Vulliamy
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1905
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The Complete Letter Writer
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1772
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English Letter Writers
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Author : Colwyn Edward Vulliamy
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1956
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The Great English Letter Writers
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Author : William J. Dawson
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2015-06-15
The Great English Letter Writers written by William J. Dawson and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-15 with Literary Collections categories.
Excerpt from The Great English Letter Writers: With Introductory Essays and Notes The purpose of The Reader's Library is to present in succinct form a survey of English literature. The method adopted is to assemble under generic titles the best specimens of the various branches of literature, in such a way that each volume shall be of equal service to the scholar and the general reader. The first two volumes of the series, The Great English Letter-Writers, are now presented to the public. The selections have been carefully arranged, with a view not to chronological order so much as to the illustration of the growth of the art of letter-writing. The object of the editors has been to present what may be called a pageant-view of their theme: to show how various men and women, scattered through different ages, have borne themselves under the same crises of emotion or action. That which is obviously lost in abandoning a strictly chronological arrangement is recaptured in the introductory essays to each volume, which aim at a general historic survey of the art of letter-writing, together with a critical estimate of the writers, and of their relationship to the literature of their age. Biographical details concerning these writers are contained in the body of the volume. Where a subject cannot be adequately treated in one volume, as is the case with The Great Letter-Writers, each volume contains a separate essay, so that it may be, as far as is possible, complete in itself. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Pen And The People
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Author : Susan Whyman
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2011-03-31
The Pen And The People written by Susan Whyman and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-03-31 with History categories.
Susan Whyman draws on a hidden world of previously unknown letter writers to explore bold new ideas about the history of writing, reading and the novel. Capturing actual dialogues of people discussing subjects as diverse as marriage, poverty, poetry, and the emotional lives of servants, The Pen and the People will be enjoyed by everyone interested in history, literature, and the intimate experiences of ordinary people. Based on over thirty-five previously unknown letter collections, it tells the stories of workers and the middling sort - a Yorkshire bridle maker, a female domestic servant, a Derbyshire wheelwright, an untrained woman writing poetry and short stories, as well as merchants and their families. Their ordinary backgrounds and extraordinary writings challenge accepted views that popular literacy was rare in England before 1800. This democratization of letter writing could never have occurred without the development of the Royal Mail. Drawing on new information gleaned from personal letters, Whyman reveals how the Post Office had altered the rhythms of daily life long before the nineteenth century. As the pen, the post, and the people became increasingly connected, so too were eighteenth-century society and culture slowly and subtly transformed.
The Great English Letter Writers
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Author : William J. Dawson
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2017-09-12
The Great English Letter Writers written by William J. Dawson and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-12 with Literary Collections categories.
Excerpt from The Great English Letter Writers: With Introductory Essays and Notes The purpose of The Reader's Library is to present in succinct form a survey of English literature. The method adopted is to assemble under generic titles the best specimens of the various branches of litera ture, in such a way that each volume shall be of equal service to the scholar and the general reader. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Great English Letter Writers
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Author : William James Dawson
language : en
Publisher: Hardpress Publishing
Release Date : 2012-08
The Great English Letter Writers written by William James Dawson and has been published by Hardpress Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-08 with History categories.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.