Letter from Smiles to Murray, 30 Nov 1859
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Blackheath S.E
30 Nov 1859.
My Dear Sir
I have sent the first half
or so of the revised proofs to
Clowes & Coy , & will send the
remainder tomorrow . I will
make few or no alterations ,
in order that there may be
no delay ; and they may go
on printing off by Monday .
I hope the paper in
Frazer will do no harm —
if only by identifying me
in some way with the subject
of the Stephensons . I hear
Nov 30 1859
S. Smiles
of two , if not three Lives of
him as contemplated — one by
Manly of the Civil Engineers ,
another by a Mr W. B. Adams.
Theirs will be engineering mainly ,
& therefore I will [¿] to make
mine popular. Shall I write
Whymper about the requisite cuts?
[Yours] faithfully
S Smiles
P.S. — Will you direct your clerk
to send me a copy of Crokers
large vol Boswell , & to charge
me with it. Last night I
had the inspection of a large
mass of old letters which unravel
the mystery of the correspondence
with Lewis Paul referred to in
the vol.
J. Murray Esq
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Letter from Smiles to Murray, 30 Nov 1859
Document Information
Document ID | 205 |
Title | Letter from Smiles to Murray, 30 Nov 1859 |
Year group | 1850-1900 |
Genre | Personal writing |
Year of publication | 1859 |
Place of publication | London |
Wordcount | 189 |
Author information: Smiles, Samuel
Author ID | 59 |
Forenames | Samuel |
Surname | Smiles |
Gender | Male |
Year of birth | 1822 |
Place of birth | Haddington, Scotland |
Mother's place of birth | Dalkeith, Scotland |
Father's place of birth | Haddington, Scotland |
Occupation | Author, physician, editor, secretary |
Education | University |
Locations where resident | England, Haddington, Edinburgh, Londno |