BIB_ID
299593
Accession number
MA 7324.7
Creator
Kingsley, Charles, 1819-1875.
Display Date
Sunday [1851].
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 19.9 cm
Notes
Dating: Larry K. Uffelman discusses Kingsley's negotiations with Chapman and Hall and Parker as occurring in the autumn of 1851.--Cf. Larry K. Uffelman, "Kingsley's Hypatia: Revisions in Context," Nineteenth-Century Literature 41, no. 1 (Jun., 1986), pp. 87-96.
Hypatia first appeared serialized in Fraser's Magazine beginning in 1852; it was published in book form in 1853.
Part of a collection of 13 letters from Charles Kingsley to his publisher J. W. Parker. Letters have been described individually in 13 catalog records (MA 7324.1-13); see collection-level record for more information.
Hypatia first appeared serialized in Fraser's Magazine beginning in 1852; it was published in book form in 1853.
Part of a collection of 13 letters from Charles Kingsley to his publisher J. W. Parker. Letters have been described individually in 13 catalog records (MA 7324.1-13); see collection-level record for more information.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Looking forward to his visit, but noting that he has no beds. Discussing Parker's offer to publish Hypatia and detailing his negotiations with Chapman and Hall. Mentioning that he would prefer to publish Hypatia serially, stating "I should get passing criticisms on the plot, [which] would help me to weave it better & better as I went on." Acknowledging the financial benefit to serial publication as well, noting "that it [would] be better in a pecuniary point of view is self evident."
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