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Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904

"A Publisher and His Friends Memoir and Correspondence of John Murray; with an Account of the Origin and Progress of the House, 1768-1843"

Milman
1819--Campbell's "Selections from British Poets,"
suggestions to Byron about "Don Juan," Canto II.,
"Mazeppa" and "The Ode to Venice,"
Blackwood refuses to sell "Don Juan,"
copyright of "Don Juan" infringed--injunction applied for and
granted;
retires from _Blackwood's Magazine_,
transfers his Scottish Agency to Oliver and Boyd,
Thomas Hope's "Anastasius,"
threatened by Colonel Macirone with libel action,
verdict in his favour,
buys house at Wimbledon,
literary levees at Albemarle Street,
his acquaintance with Ugo Foscolo
1820--"Don Juan, Cantos III. and IV.,"
Hobhouse's anger--the "My boy Hobby O!" incident,
Milman's "Fall of Jerusalem,"
B. Disraeli first mentioned,
Washington Irving's "Sketch-Book,"
other books published by him during the year
1821--Cantos III., IV., and V. of "Don Juan,"
refuses to publish further cantos of "Don Juan,"
Byron's pamphlet on Bowles,
"Sardanapalus,"
"The Two Foscari," "Cain, a Mystery,"
present with Scott at Coronation of George IV.,
injunction in case of "Cain,"
accepts Byron's "Memoirs,"
Mrs.


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