The Works Of Lord Byron, Letters and Journals, Vol. 1
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By Lord Byron 11 Mar, 2020
Two great collections of Byron's letters have been already printed. In Moore's Life, which appeared in 1830, 561 were given. These, in FitzGreene Halleck's American edition of Byron's Works, published in 1847, were increased to 635. The first volume ... Read more
Two great collections of Byron's letters have been already printed. In Moore's Life, which appeared in 1830, 561 were given. These, in FitzGreene Halleck's American edition of Byron's Works, published in 1847, were increased to 635. The first volume of a third collection, edited by Mr. W. E. Henley, appeared early in 1897. A comparison of the number of letters contained in these three collections down to August 22, 1811, shows that Moore prints 61, Halleck 78, and Mr. Henley 88. In other words, the edition of 1897, which was the most complete so far as it goes, added 27 letters to that of 1830, and 10 to that of 1847. But it should be remembered that by far the greater part of the material added by Halleck and Mr. Henley was seen and rejected by Moore. The present edition, down to August 22, 1811, prints 168 letters, or an addition of 107 to Moore, 90 to Halleck, and 80 to Mr. Henley. Of this additional matter considerably more than two-thirds was inaccessible to Moore in 1830. Less
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George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, FRS (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824), known simply as Lord Byron, was an English poet, peer, and politician who became a revolutionary in the Greek War of Inde...
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