Microform Collection

Title: The Correspondence and papers of J.G. Lockhart from the National Library of Scotland
Call Number: MICROFILM 6020
Publisher: Marlborough, England : Adam Mathew Publications, 2001
Description: 18 microfilm reels

Subject(s):

Lockhart, John Gibson, 1794-1854.
Authors, Scottish--19th century--Archives.
Biography as a literary form.
English literature--Scottish authors--Bibliography--Microfilm catalogs

Notes: This is Part 4 of the Nineteenth Century Literary Manuscripts. Lockhart was one of the most important critics of the nineteenth century and the Editor of The Quarterly Review, a key figure in the rise of the novel as a literary form,  a prolific correspondent providing a detailed account of literary society in Edinburgh and London.

His papers are now opened to a wider audience through the publication of this microform edition. They include: 14 volumes of correspondence received by Lockhart as Editor of The Quarterly Review, 1825-1854; 3 volumes of letters from Lockhart to Whitwell Elwin, his successor as Editor; 3 volumes of correspondence between Lockhart and Scott, 1818-1832; 7 volumes of family letters, 1820-1854; 1 volume of letters from Lockhart to Allan Cunningham about the Lives of British Painters; and 10 volumes of literary manuscripts by Lockhart.

Publication type: Correspondence
Country: Britain
Time period: 1794-1854

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