1867
THE | LAST CHRONICLE | OF | BARSET. | By | Anthony Trollope. | With Thirty-two | Illustrations by George H. Thomas. | In Two Volumes. | London: | Smith, Elder and Co., 65, Cornhill. | M.DCCC.LXVII. |
8vo. Vol. I., pp. 384; Vol. II., pp. 384.
The shilling magazines having interfered greatly with the success of novels published in numbers without other accompanying matter, George Smith made the experiment of bringing this book out in monthly parts at sixpence each. The enterprise was not entirely successful, but the author received £3000 for the use of the MS.
He killed off “Mrs. Proudie” in consequence of a conversation he could not help overhearing between two clergymen at the Athenæum Club.