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Title

Peeps at life; and studies in my cell / By the London Hermit, author of "Songs of singularity," &c., with two illustrations by George Cruikshank, and numerous vignette initials.

Author

Parke, Walter.

Publication

London : Simpkin, Marshall & Co., Stationers' Hall Court, [1875?]

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Additional Authors

• Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878
• Bolton, Thomas, active 1851-1893.
• Ainsworth, William Harrison, 1805-1882.
• Simpkin, Marshall and Co. pbl
• Kelly and Co. prt

Description

xii, 242, [2] p. : ill.; 20 cm.

Subject

• Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824 > Appreciation
• Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824 > Criticism and interpretation
• Keats, John, 1795-1821 > Criticism and interpretation
• Penny dreadfuls

Note

• The London Hermit = Walter Park (cf. Halkett & Laing).
• Printer's imprint : "London : Printed by Kelly and Co., 15, Gate Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields."
• Publisher's advertisements : p. [243-4].
• Illustrations : Frontispiece woodcut, "A Wild Ride with Herne the Hunter," by G. Cruikshank ; woodcut title vignette by T. Bolton after Cruikshank ; both illustrations dated 1875. Elaborate woodcut vignette initials, head- and tailpieces.
• Dedication : "...to William Harrison Ainsworth, this volume is respectfully dedicated."
• "The profits arising from the sale of this book will be devoted by the author to the Byron Memorial Fund" -- p. [viii].

Access (note)

• Restricted access;

Contents

A family hermit; his manners and customs. -- The hermits of old. -- Reminsiscences of the Royal Pasteboard Theatre. -- On demonstrativeness. -- Pre-Raphaelites "on the wood" - an amateur criticism. -- A stroll with wombat. -- A sketch in pen and ink - taken from a window. -- The old school of romance. -- Living upon nothing. -- The mysteries of literary speculation. -- "Manfred;" - poem and drama. -- A day with Herne the hunter (Part I. The castle). -- A day with Herne the hunter (Part II. The forest). -- Novels of "gentility." -- "Ethereal cusses." -- The triumph of commonplace. -- Conventionality on the stage. -- The physiology of "penny awfuls." -- A monument to Byron. -- The morality of "Don Juan." -- Mrs. Shaddockon on Jamaica. -- On love in fiction. -- Keats and his poetry. -- Scattered thoughts.

Call Number

Pforz (Parke, W. Peeps at life)

LCCN

64058723

OCLC

14047946

Author

Parke, Walter.

Title

Peeps at life; and studies in my cell / By the London Hermit, author of "Songs of singularity," &c., with two illustrations by George Cruikshank, and numerous vignette initials.

Imprint

London : Simpkin, Marshall & Co., Stationers' Hall Court, [1875?]

Restricted Access

Restricted access; Pforzheimer Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Local Note

Pforzheimer copy : "F. G. Palmer / 6 Carlisle St. / Soho W. / London" (in ink on half title) ; with a note in pencil on p. 32. -- Original publisher's gilt-lettered green cloth.

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Added Author

Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, ill.

Bolton, Thomas, active 1851-1893. Engraver

Ainsworth, William Harrison, 1805-1882. Dedicatee

Simpkin, Marshall and Co. Publisher

Kelly and Co. Printer

Palmer, F. Grove (Fred Grove), 1851-1927. Former owner

Research Call Number

Pforz (Parke, W. Peeps at life)