George Borrow and His Circle / Wherein May Be Found Many Hitherto Unpublished Letters of Borrow and His Friends
George Henry Borrow From a painting by Henry Wyndham Phillips
BOSTON AND NEW YORK HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY 1913
I have to express my indebtedness first of all to the executors of Henrietta MacOubrey, George Borrow's stepdaughter, who kindly placed Borrow's letters and manuscripts at my disposal. To the survivor of these executors, a lady who resides in an English provincial town, I would particularly wish to render fullest acknowledgment did she not desire to escape all publicity and forbid me to give her name in print. I am indebted to Sir William Robertson Nicoll without whose kindly and active intervention I should never have taken active steps to obtain the material to which this biography owes its principal value. I am under great obligations to Mr. Herbert Jenkins, the publisher, in that, although the author of a successful biography of Borrow, he has, with rare kindliness, brought me into communication with Mr. Wilfrid J. Bowring, the grandson of Sir John Bowring. To Mr. Wilfrid Bowring I am indebted in that he has handed to me the whole of Borrow's letters to his grandfather. I have to thank Mr. James Hooper of Norwich for the untiring zeal with which he has unearthed for me a valuable series of notes including certain interesting letters concerning Borrow. Mr. Hooper has generously placed his collection, with which he at one time contemplated writing a biography of Borrow, in my hands. I thank Dr. Aldis Wright for reading my chapter on Edward FitzGerald; also Mr. W.H. Peet, Mr. Aleck Abrahams, and Mr. Joseph Shaylor for assistance in the little known field of Sir Richard Phillips's life. I have further to thank my friends, Edward Clodd and Thomas J. Wise, for reading my proof-sheets. To Theodore Watts-Dunton, an untiring friend of thirty years, I have also to acknowledge abundant obligations.
C. K. S.
We have lately read aloud for the second time your Brontë book; let alone private readings. It is unique in plan and excellence, and I am greatly obliged to you for it. Apart from the pleasure of the book, the form of it has always interested me as a professional biographer. It certainly is novel; and in this case I am pretty sure that it is right.
Clement King Shorter
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AND HIS CIRCLE
WHEREIN MAY BE FOUND MANY HITHERTO UNPUBLISHED LETTERS OF BORROW AND HIS FRIENDS
CLEMENT KING SHORTER
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FULL-PAGE PLATES
ILLUSTRATIONS IN TEXT
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CAPTAIN BORROW OF THE WEST NORFOLK MILITIA
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BORROW'S MOTHER
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JOHN THOMAS BORROW
To the Rt. Hon. The Earl of Orford
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A WANDERING CHILDHOOD
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GEORGE BORROW'S NORWICH—THE GURNEYS
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GEORGE BORROW'S NORWICH—THE TAYLORS
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GEORGE BORROW'S NORWICH—THE GRAMMAR SCHOOL
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GEORGE BORROW'S NORWICH—THE LAWYER'S OFFICE
To Mr. Roger Kerrison, 18 Milman Street, Bedford Row.
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SIR RICHARD PHILLIPS
FRIENDS OF BORROW'S EARLY YEARS
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To George Borrow
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BORROW AND THE FANCY
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EIGHT YEARS OF VAGABONDAGE
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SIR JOHN BOWRING
To Dr. John Bowring
To Dr. John Bowring
To Dr. John Bowring
To Dr. John Bowring
To Dr. John Bowring
To Dr. John Bowring
To Dr. John Bowring
To Dr. John Bowring
To Dr. John Bowring
To Dr. John Bowring
To Dr. John Bowring
To Dr. John Bowring
To Dr. John Bowring
To Dr. John Bowring
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BORROW AND THE BIBLE SOCIETY
To Mrs. Clarke
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ST. PETERSBURG AND JOHN P. HASFELD
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To the Rev. Andrew Brandram
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THREE VISITS TO SPAIN
To Dr. John Bowring.
To Mrs. Ann Borrow
To Mrs. Ann Borrow, Willow Lane, St. Giles, Norwich (Inglaterra)
To Mrs. Ann Borrow
To Mrs. Ann Borrow
To Mr. Borrow
To George Borrow, Esq.
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BORROW'S SPANISH CIRCLE
To Mr. George Borrow
To Mr. George Borrow
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MARY BORROW
To George Borrow, Esq.
To George Borrow, Esq.
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'THE CHILDREN OF THE OPEN AIR'
To George Borrow, Esq.
To Dr. John Bowring.
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To Mrs. George Borrow
To George Borrow, Esq., at Mr. Murray's, Bookseller, Albemarle Street.
To Mrs. George Borrow, Oulton, Suffolk.
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RICHARD FORD
To George Borrow, Esq., Oulton Hall, Lowestoft.
To George Borrow, Esq., Oulton Hall, Lowestoft.
To Mrs. Borrow, Oulton Hall, Lowestoft.
To George Borrow, Esq., Oulton Hall, Lowestoft.
To George Borrow, Esq., Oulton Hall, Lowestoft
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IN EASTERN EUROPE
To Mrs. George Borrow, Oulton, Lowestoft
To Mrs. George Borrow, Oulton, Lowestoft
To Mrs. George Borrow, Oulton, Lowestoft
To Mrs. George Borrow, Oulton, Lowestoft
To Mrs. George Borrow, Oulton, Lowestoft
To Mrs. George Borrow, Oulton, Lowestoft
To Mrs. George Borrow, Oulton, Lowestoft
To Mrs. George Borrow, Oulton, Lowestoft
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To George Borrow, Esq.
To George Borrow, Esq.
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A VISIT TO CORNISH KINSMEN
To Mrs. George Borrow
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IN THE ISLE OF MAN
To George Borrow, Esq.
To George Borrow, Esq.
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OULTON BROAD AND YARMOUTH
To Messrs. Nickols and Marshal, London.
To Mrs. George Borrow
To Mrs. George Borrow
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IN SCOTLAND AND IRELAND
To Mrs. George Borrow, 38 Camperdown Place, Yarmouth, Norfolk
To Mrs. George Borrow, 38 Camperdown Place, Yarmouth
To Mrs. George Borrow, 38 Camperdown Terrace, Gt. Yarmouth
To Mrs. George Borrow, 39 Camperdown Terrace, Gt. Yarmouth
To Mrs. George Borrow, 39 Camperdown Terrace, Gt. Yarmouth
To Mrs. George Borrow, 39 Camperdown Terrace, Yarmouth
To Mrs. George Borrow, 39 Camperdown Terrace, Yarmouth, Norfolk
To George Petrie, Esq., Kirkwall
To Mrs. George Borrow
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To George Borrow, Esq.
To George Borrow, Esq.
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EDWARD FITZGERALD
To George Borrow, Esq., Oulton Hall.
To George Borrow, Esq.
To George Borrow, Esq.
To George Borrow, Esq.
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To J. Evan Williams, Esq.
To George Borrow, Esq.
To George Borrow, Esq.
To Mrs. George Borrow
To Mrs. George Borrow
To Mrs. George Borrow
To Mrs. George Borrow
To Mrs. George Borrow
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LIFE IN LONDON, 1860-1874
To Mrs. George Borrow
To Mrs. George Borrow
To Mrs. George Borrow
To Mrs. George Borrow
To Mrs. George Borrow
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FRIENDS OF LATER YEARS
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BORROW'S UNPUBLISHED WRITINGS
To Dr. John Bowring
To George Borrow, Esq.
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HENRIETTA CLARKE
To Mrs. MacOubrey
To Mrs. MacOubrey
To Mrs. MacOubrey
To Mrs. MacOubrey
To Mrs. MacOubrey
To Mrs. MacOubrey
To Mrs. MacOubrey
To Mrs. MacOubrey
To George Borrow, Esq.
To Mrs. MacOubrey, 50 Charlotte Street, Fitzroy Square, London
To Mrs. MacOubrey, 50 Charlotte Street, Fitzroy Square, London
To Mrs. MacOubrey
To Mrs. MacOubrey, 50 Charlotte Street, Fitzroy Square, London
To Mrs. MacOubrey
To Mrs. MacOubrey
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THE AFTERMATH
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