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Letter from William Harness, place not specified, to Mr. Murray, undated : autograph manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
105527
Accession number
MA 23257
Creator
Harness, William, 1790-1869.
Display Date
Place not specified, undated.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 19.7 x 12.3 cm
Notes
From "Lord Byron, his friends, etc." (MA 52).
The letter is undated however several editions of the Works of Byron were published by John Murray between 1827 and 1981.
Summary
Discussing a new edition of the works of Byron; saying that "...after a mature deliberation - the order of the publication which I should recommend for the new Edition of Byrons Works - If my power were absolute, I should remove all the longer poems from the life & print them (with a note attached to each - recounting the occasion of its being written & any other circumstances connected with it-) in the general collection only - Fill up all the gaps you can."