Two Manuscript Poems 'for the New Monthly Magazine'.

MANUSCRIPT. MICHELL, Nicholas.

Verlag: 1854/1855, 1854

Beschreibung

97 lines on three sides of two folded 4to sheets; final leaf cut down, old folds; 65 lines on two sides of a folded folio sheet; first leaf cut down, old folds. Two manuscript poems, one with a number of emendations, by the Cornish poet Nicholas Michell, sent to William Harrison Ainsworth for publication in the New Monthly Magazine. Both are inscribed at the head of the first page: 'Original - for the New Monthly Magazine'. The first, entitled 'The Decisive Charge at the Battle of Alma', dated 5th October 1854, was published in volume 102 of the New Monthly Magazine. The second, 'The Rhine', dated 30th June 1855, was not published in the New Monthly in that year and we can find no record of it having been published elsewhere. The Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals records ten contributions by Michell to the New Monthly Magazine although it omits 'The Decisive Charge'. This poem includes a brief annotation, in Ainsworth's editorial hand: 'For the Novr. No. of the New Monthly - not in large style'. Nicholas Michell, 1807-1880, was an author primarily known for his poetry. He was encouraged in his early career by Thomas Campbell who edited the New Monthly between 1821 and 1831. Michell first received public attention for his poetry after the publication, in 1849, of Ruins in Many Lands which poetically described 'nearly all the existing remains of ancient people and kingdoms in the old and new world'. Other publications include Spirits of the Past (1853, changed to Famous Women and Heroes in a later edition), The Poetry of Creation (1856), Pleasure (1859) and The Immortals, or Glimpses of Paradise (1870). William Harrison Ainsworth purchased the proprietorship of the New Monthly Magazine from Henry Colburn in 1845 and remained at the helm until 1879. PLEASE NOTE: For customers within the UK this item is subject to VAT. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 84888

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Titel: Two Manuscript Poems 'for the New Monthly ...

Verlag: 1854/1855

Erscheinungsdatum: 1854

Einband: Softcover