Letter from Dinah Mulock Craik to Alexander Macmillan, 6 November 1860.

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                            <abbr>Nov</abbr>
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                <opener><salute>My dear friend</salute></opener>
                <p><persName ref="CraikSiteIndex.xml#MissBlyth">Miss Blyth's</persName> book is
                    quite satisfactory. The strong clear hand with which she has corrected and
                    re-ended it – shows me more than ever how good a writer she will become. – </p>
                <p>The book you did not mean to “bother” me with is one of the most capital &amp;
                    interesting Biographies I ever read. And I went to it with doubt having been all
                    my life a warm lover &amp; student of <persName
                        ref="CraikSiteIndex.xml#BlakeWilliam">Blake</persName>. Nothing less than
                    first-rate would have entertained me: &amp; this does strongly. – The patience
                    &amp; clear-headed justice of it – its vivid graphic style – its pictures of the
                        <hi rend="underline">man</hi>
                    <persName ref="CraikSiteIndex.xml#BlakeWilliam">Blake</persName> &amp; all the
                    friends about him – Its careful seeking form &amp; sifting of facts – &amp; its
                    excellent artistic knowledge &amp; judgment – make it a most valuable book. – I
                    strongly advise you to have it. I think at this crisis of Art in England it
                    would be very popular: &amp; for both style &amp; matter it deserves to become a
                    classic – If you will not have it – give my sincere admiration to <rs
                        type="person">the author</rs> – &amp; request him to give me the pleasure of
                    taking it to some other Firm. I would be <hi rend="underline">proud</hi> to have
                    anything to do with it. – It has rather touched me, with my great love for
                        <persName ref="CraikSiteIndex.xml#BlakeWilliam">Blake</persName>, to find
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                        >Wildwood</placeName> over to <placeName
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                        Farm</hi></placeName>. – One only suggestion I have to make – the omission
                    of <choice>
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                    </choice> 25 <choice>
                        <abbr>in toto</abbr>
                        <expan>in total</expan>
                    </choice>: – It is useless blackening a bad man – &amp; <persName
                        ref="CraikSiteIndex.xml#CromekRobert">Cromek</persName>’s ill-treatment of
                        <persName ref="CraikSiteIndex.xml#CunninghamAllan">Allan
                        Cunningham</persName> has nothing to say to <persName
                        ref="CraikSiteIndex.xml#BlakeWilliam">William Blake.</persName></p>
                <p>The other <choice>
                        <abbr>M.S.S.</abbr>
                        <expan>manuscripts</expan>
                    </choice> I will get thro’ &amp; send all to <persName
                        ref="CraikSiteIndex.xml#HolmanHunt">H. H.</persName> by
                        <date>Thursday.</date> – </p>
                <p>Tell <persName ref="CraikSiteIndex.xml#MassonDavid">David Masson</persName> that
                    I have collected what with my own hand <measure type="currency">£2</measure> –
                    will make over <measure type="currency">£6</measure> – for this fund for
                        <persName ref="CraikSiteIndex.xml#CupplesGeorge">George Cupples</persName> –
                    it is in my hands when he wants it. I think the first thing to be done is to
                    collect money enough for <persName ref="CraikSiteIndex.xml#BaynePeter">Peter
                        Bayne</persName> to deal with the creditors &amp; prevent them annoying him:
                    – then to apply to the <orgName ref="CraikSiteIndex.xml#RLF">Literary
                        Fund</orgName>, &amp; then for a Government position. Meantime he can finish
                    his sea story, the proceeds of which will float him again. – </p>
                <p>Let him hear from you soon – Tell your dear folk that I have a houseful –
                        <persName ref="CraikSiteIndex.xml#MartinFrances">Miss Martin</persName>
                    &amp; <persName ref="CraikSiteIndex.xml#BensonJane">Miss Benson</persName> the
                    latter come for change after a bad illness – so that I have literally no time
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                <p> – I can’t tell you what pleasure this <title
                        corresp="CraikSiteIndex.xml#LifeofWilliamBlake">Life of Blake</title> has
                    given me – truly it would atone for the pounds of paper rubbish you sometimes
                    have to send me. – </p>
                <closer>Ever sincerely yours, <lb/>
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Letter from Dinah Mulock Craik to Alexander Macmillan, 6 November 1860. Dinah Mulock Craik Karen Bourrier Dinah Mulock Craik: A Digital Archive University of Calgary Karen Bourrier Transcription 2008 by Karen Bourrier Proofing of transcription February 2017 by Kailey Fukushima TEI encoding February 2017 by Kailey Fukushima Proofing of TEI encoding May 2017 by Karen Bourrier First digital edition in TEI, date: May 2017. P5. Dinah Mulock Craik: A Digital Archive Calgary, Alberta, Canada 2017

Reproduced by courtesy of the New York Public Library.

Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License Dinah Mulock Craik: A Digital Archive New York Public Library Berg Collection Dinah Maria Mulock Craik Collection of Papers Letter from Dinah Mulock Craik to Alexander Macmillan, 6 November 1860. Folder 67B2875

Our aim in this edition has been to transcribe the content of the letters as accurately as possible without reproducing the physical appearance of the manuscript. Craik’s spelling, punctuation, underlining, superscripts, abbreviations, additions and deletions are retained, except for words which are hyphenated at the end of a line, which we have silently emended. Where Craik uses a non-standard spelling, we have encoded both her spelling and the standard Oxford English Dictionary spelling to facilitate searching. The long s is not encoded.
Wildwood Nov November 6th 1860 My dear friend

Miss Blyth's book is quite satisfactory. The strong clear hand with which she has corrected and re-ended it – shows me more than ever how good a writer she will become. –

The book you did not mean to “bother” me with is one of the most capital & interesting Biographies I ever read. And I went to it with doubt having been all my life a warm lover & student of Blake. Nothing less than first-rate would have entertained me: & this does strongly. – The patience & clear-headed justice of it – its vivid graphic style – its pictures of the man Blake & all the friends about him – Its careful seeking form & sifting of facts – & its excellent artistic knowledge & judgment – make it a most valuable book. – I strongly advise you to have it. I think at this crisis of Art in England it would be very popular: & for both style & matter it deserves to become a classic – If you will not have it – give my sincere admiration to the author – & request him to give me the pleasure of taking it to some other Firm. I would be proud to have anything to do with it. – It has rather touched me, with my great love for Blake, to find how often he used to come past Wildwood over to Collins Farm . – One only suggestion I have to make – the omission of Chap Chapter 25 in toto in total : – It is useless blackening a bad man – & Cromek’s ill-treatment of Allan Cunningham has nothing to say to William Blake.

The other M.S.S. manuscripts I will get thro’ & send all to H. H. by Thursday. –

Tell David Masson that I have collected what with my own hand £2 – will make over £6 – for this fund for George Cupples – it is in my hands when he wants it. I think the first thing to be done is to collect money enough for Peter Bayne to deal with the creditors & prevent them annoying him: – then to apply to the Literary Fund, & then for a Government position. Meantime he can finish his sea story, the proceeds of which will float him again. –

Let him hear from you soon – Tell your dear folk that I have a houseful – Miss Martin & Miss Benson the latter come for change after a bad illness – so that I have literally no time whatever except for work.

– I can’t tell you what pleasure this Life of Blake has given me – truly it would atone for the pounds of paper rubbish you sometimes have to send me. –

Ever sincerely yours, DMulock

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Letter from Dinah Mulock Craik to Alexander Macmillan, 6 November 1860. Dinah Mulock Craik Karen Bourrier Dinah Mulock Craik: A Digital Archive University of Calgary Karen Bourrier Transcription 2008 by Karen Bourrier Proofing of transcription February 2017 by Kailey Fukushima TEI encoding February 2017 by Kailey Fukushima Proofing of TEI encoding May 2017 by Karen Bourrier First digital edition in TEI, date: May 2017. P5. Dinah Mulock Craik: A Digital Archive Calgary, Alberta, Canada 2017

Reproduced by courtesy of the New York Public Library.

Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License Dinah Mulock Craik: A Digital Archive New York Public Library Berg Collection Dinah Maria Mulock Craik Collection of Papers Letter from Dinah Mulock Craik to Alexander Macmillan, 6 November 1860. Folder 67B2875

Our aim in this edition has been to transcribe the content of the letters as accurately as possible without reproducing the physical appearance of the manuscript. Craik’s spelling, punctuation, underlining, superscripts, abbreviations, additions and deletions are retained, except for words which are hyphenated at the end of a line, which we have silently emended. Where Craik uses a non-standard spelling, we have encoded both her spelling and the standard Oxford English Dictionary spelling to facilitate searching. The long s is not encoded.
Wildwood Nov November 6th 1860 My dear friend

Miss Blyth's book is quite satisfactory. The strong clear hand with which she has corrected and re-ended it – shows me more than ever how good a writer she will become. –

The book you did not mean to “bother” me with is one of the most capital & interesting Biographies I ever read. And I went to it with doubt having been all my life a warm lover & student of Blake. Nothing less than first-rate would have entertained me: & this does strongly. – The patience & clear-headed justice of it – its vivid graphic style – its pictures of the man Blake & all the friends about him – Its careful seeking form & sifting of facts – & its excellent artistic knowledge & judgment – make it a most valuable book. – I strongly advise you to have it. I think at this crisis of Art in England it would be very popular: & for both style & matter it deserves to become a classic – If you will not have it – give my sincere admiration to the author – & request him to give me the pleasure of taking it to some other Firm. I would be proud to have anything to do with it. – It has rather touched me, with my great love for Blake, to find how often he used to come past Wildwood over to Collins Farm . – One only suggestion I have to make – the omission of Chap Chapter 25 in toto in total : – It is useless blackening a bad man – & Cromek’s ill-treatment of Allan Cunningham has nothing to say to William Blake.

The other M.S.S. manuscripts I will get thro’ & send all to H. H. by Thursday. –

Tell David Masson that I have collected what with my own hand £2 – will make over £6 – for this fund for George Cupples – it is in my hands when he wants it. I think the first thing to be done is to collect money enough for Peter Bayne to deal with the creditors & prevent them annoying him: – then to apply to the Literary Fund, & then for a Government position. Meantime he can finish his sea story, the proceeds of which will float him again. –

Let him hear from you soon – Tell your dear folk that I have a houseful – Miss Martin & Miss Benson the latter come for change after a bad illness – so that I have literally no time whatever except for work.

– I can’t tell you what pleasure this Life of Blake has given me – truly it would atone for the pounds of paper rubbish you sometimes have to send me. –

Ever sincerely yours, DMulock