LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS.
The Right Honourable the Earl of Albemarle
T. Amyot, Esq., London
F. Arden, Esq. London, 5 copies
Mr. A. Austin
The Right Rev. Father in God Henry Bathurst, Lord Bishop of Norwich
Mr. W. Bacon
Mr. A. Barnard
Mr. P. Barnes
Mr. Barwell
Mr. Bell, Diss
N. Bolingbroke, Esq.
J. Bowring, Esq., Hackney
W. Burrows, Esq., Stoke
Miss Burrows
W. Burt, Esq. Jun.
Thomas Campbell, Esq., London
S. Clarke, Esq., Berghapton
Mr. T. Clarke
Mr. P. Clarke
Mr. P. Clayton
N. Cobham, Esq. Exeter, 2 copies
Rev. C. Codd, Dereham
J. H. Cole, Esq.
Mrs. Coleman
Mr. W. Cooper
Mr. E. Cooper, Dereham
Mr. G. Cooper, Dereham
W. Cross, Esq.
H. Custance, Esq., Weston Longueville
Rev. Custance
E. Dashwood, Esq., Colchester
T. G. O’Donnahoo, Esq., London, 5 copies
Mr. Doughty, Brockdish
T. Dyson, Esq., Diss
Mr. Elliot
Dr. Evans
F. Farr, Esq., Beecles
G. Fitzmaurice, Esq., London, 2 copies
J. Fletcher, Esq., London
R. Fowler, Esq., London
J. Geldart, Esq.
B. Girling. Esq., Dereham
Rev. W. Girling
Mr. Green
C. Greville, Esq. M.P.
T. Gurdon, Esq., Letton Hall, Suffolk, 2 copies
Mrs. Gurdon, 2 copies
H. Gurney, Esq. M.P.
R. H. Gurney, Esq. M.P.
Miss Anne Gurney
Mr. W. Hankes
Capt. Hare, Stow Hall, 2 copies
Mr. W. Harper
J. Harvey, Esq.
Sir R. J. Harvey
G. Harvey, Esq.
R. Hawkes, Esq.
Mrs. Hawkes
B. R. Haydon, Esq., London
W. Herring, Esq.
Mr. Higham, London
Mr. Hobart
Mr. Holly
T. Hudson, Esq.
Mr. R. Hull
N. Islay, Esq., Croydon
Mr. G. Jay
S. Johnson, Esq., London
P. Johnstone, Esq., London
Mr. Juby
Rev. J. Kennedy, Templemore, Tipperary
Mr. R. Kerrison
Mr. E. Kerrison
Capt. Langford
E. Lombe, Esq.
Mrs. Lloyd, Bawdeswell
Miss Lloyd, Bawdeswell
Miss L. Lloyd, Bawdeswell
Miss E. Lloyd, Bawdeswell
Mr. R. Lloyd
Mr. J. Lloyd, Welsh Pool
Mr. H. Marshall, Ashby
Mr. H. Marshall, Norwich
Mr. W. Matchett
Rev. C. Millard
Mr. Mills, Pulham
Mr. F. Mills
A. Morrison, Esq., Eaton Hall
Mrs. Morrison
G. Morse, Esq.
Rev. G. Munnings, Dereham
J. Neales, Esq., London
Mr. Newton
Mr. E. Newton
Mr. W. Nichols
Mr. B. Norgate
T. Oliver, Esq., Yarmouth
C. S. Onley, Esq. M.P.
J. Parkinson, Esq.
Mr. P. Paterson, Glasgow
Mrs. J. Pertwee, Fingringhoe Hall
R. Plumptre, Esq.
Mr. Press
Mr. P. Pullen
W. Quarles, Esq., Foulsham
W. Rackham, Esq.
Mr. W. Roberts
J. Robertson, Esq., London
W. Robertson, Esq., London
Etienne Compte de la Roche, Brest, 2 copies
N. Simpson, Esq., London
W. Slous, Esq., London
Sir James Smith
J. Sparham, Esq., Palgrave
Mr. W. Stark
Mr. J. Stark
J. Stewart, Esq.
R. Stoughton, Esq., Sparham
Rev. A. T. Suckling
Mr. P. Thompson, London
Mr. J. Thompson, Dereham
J. Timbs, Esq., London
Mr. G. Thurtell, Eaton
Mr. J. Thurtell
Mr. B. Sadler
S. Salter, Esq., London
Capt. R. Sayer
P. Scott, Esq.
Mr. Sendall
Mrs. Simpson
W. Simpson, Esq. Jun.
W. W. Simpson, Esq., London
Mrs. E. Thurtell
Mr. J. Turner, London
Mr. Turner
J. Vincent, Esq., London
S. Weir, Esq., Manchester
Rev. G. Widrow, Manchester
Mr. Wilson
Mr. Winter
Mr. I. Wiseman
Hon. Col. Wodehouse
E. Wodehouse, Esq. M.P.
D. Woods, Esq., Dereham
Mr. I. Young, London, 2 copies
Mr. L. Young, London
APPENDIX No. 1.
A Bibliographical Note by Clement Shorter.
George Borrow commenced his literary career with a translation of Klinger’s “Faustus” in 1825, and by a compilation of “Celebrated Trials” in the same year. Both these books appeared in London while he was engaged as a bookseller’s hack, as described in “Lavengro.” In 1826 Borrow returned to Norwich, and there he issued from the printing-house of S. Wilkin, in the Upper Haymarket, these “Romantic Ballads.” He had worked hard at collecting subscribers, and two hundred copies were reserved for Norwich at half a guinea each copy; the remaining three hundred out of an edition of five hundred were sent to London. Some of these bear the imprint of John Taylor, Waterloo Place, Pall Mall, 1826, while the remainder bear the imprint of Wightman & Cramp, of Paternoster Row, in the same year. Dr. Knapp only knew of the Taylor edition, because that is referred to in the correspondence. Copies, however, of the Wightman & Cramp edition are in existence, and the title-page will be found reproduced with those of the first and second issue in the opening pages of this volume. Borrow sent copies to Lockhart, and Cunningham advised gifts to other reviewers; but not a single review of the book appeared. Yet his subscription list “amply paid all expenses,” as Borrow states in a letter to Cunningham. That list reveals the fact that such diverse persons as Dr. Bathurst, Bishop of Norwich, and Thurtell, the murderer of Mr. Weare, were among the Norwich subscribers, while Benjamin Haydon, John Timbs, and Thomas Campbell paid their half-guineas from London. Thurtell, we may add, was hanged before the book appeared.
APPENDIX No. 2.
Facsimile of Borrow’s Manuscript from the Collection of Clement Shorter.
