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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Letters to John Murray, publishers, from John Parker |
| Date | 8 Sep 1831 - Mar 1880 |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Author | Parker, John |
| Theme | Literature and Poetry; Business and Finance; Travel and the World |
| Description | The letters are to John Murray II and John Murray III. Subjects of discussion include: Thomas Mitchell and the publication of his translations of the comedies of Aristophanes; the publication of Charles Wordsworth’s, “Graecae Grammaticae Rudimenta. In usum scholarum” (1839); a request by John Parker, on behalf of Orlando Jewitt, the wood-engraver, to John Murray III asking whether he has any work; corrections to the fourth edition of the “Handbook for travellers in France”; shares in the “Roman Exploration Company”; and the revision of Murray’s handbooks for travellers in Italy and Rome. |
| Folio Information |
1831-1834, 1838: folios 1-14; 1840, 1843-1845, 1849: folios 15-37; 1850-1851, 1855, 1857, 1859: folios 38-49; 1861, 1864: folios 50-55 [Note]; 1871- 1876, 1879: folios 56-108; 1880: folios 109-112. Undated, ?1879: folios 113-115. Note. Folios 54-55. Letter, 2 November 1864, from John Parker to Joseph Pentland. |
| Keywords | authors business editing education publishing Quarterly Review periodical language and translation travel writing travel and exploration |
| People | Murray, John II Murray, John III Mitchell, Thomas Wordsworth, Charles Parker, John Jewitt, Orlando Pentland, Joseph Boswell, James Lyell, Charles |
| Places | Oxford; London; England; United Kingdom |
| NLS Collection | Incoming correspondence received by John Murray, publishers |
| NLS Reference | MS.40915 |
| Disclaimer | Folio information comes from the library catalogue and is correct to the best of our knowledge. |
| Copyright and Source Archive | The National Library of Scotland |