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Charles Ollier letter to Marianne Hunt, ?1843-1845

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Title	Charles Ollier letter to Marianne Hunt, ?1843-1845
Creator	Ollier, Charles, 1788-1859
Date Original	1843-1845
Description	Concerning a future visit to the Hunts. His collaboration on a story about the English navy; eulogistic comments on Hunt.
Personal Name Subject	Ollier, Charles, 1788-1859 Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859 Hunt, Marianne Kent, 1788-1857
Geographic Subject	England -- London -- City of Westminster -- Lisson Grove
Chronological Subject	1840-1850
Type (DCMIType)	Text
Type (AAT)	Correspondence
Type (IMT)	jpeg
Digital Collection	Leigh Hunt Letters
Contributing Institution	University of Iowa. Libraries. Special Collections Dept.
Archival Collection	Brewer-Leigh Hunt Collection
Collection Guide	http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/spec-coll/resources/Brewer-LeighHunt.html
Location	MsL H94o no.7
Rights Management	Educational use only, no other permissions given. This letter is owned by The University of Iowa Libraries Special Collections Department, and is provided here for educational purposes. It may not be reproduced or distributed in any format without written permission of the Special Collections Department.
Contact Information	Contact the University of Iowa Libraries Special Collections Department: lib-spec@uiowa.edu
Height (cm)	18.3
Width (cm)	11.3
Number of Pages	4
Number of Sheets of Paper	1
Digitization Specifications	Scanned with Ricoh Aficio 2335 scanner at 600 ppi, 24-bit color. Archival tiff image available.
Date Digital	2008-05-08
Transcript	18 Hayes Place Lisson Grove Tuesday Morng . My dear Mrs. Hunt Nothing will give me greater pleasure than to call on you and Hunt which I will do tomorrow evening (Wednesday). I am working hard with another man, on a novel; not my own intended “Spectre,” in which I shall, of course, have no co-adjutor, but a Story of the English Navy, with Nelson for the chief character, and Trafalgar for the catastrophe. This is ad captandum work, and sure to produce money , [page break] so that I contrive, one way and another, and with fingers glued to the pen, to make both ends meet these hard times. I wish I could say with the tired, but independent, author , “Henceforth to preachers, lords, & cooks , I leave the bore of making books!” But I was born under a spiteful star, and must go on with eternal manuscripts and proof sheets . So, Hunt has got a new book nearly ready. Whatever it be, I am certain ’twill be first-rate. In his own way, no man can approach him; and his “Indicator” and other Essays are immeasurably [page break] superior to Addison, Steele and Goldsmith, as Shakespeare is to Sheridan Knowles. Hunt’s works are a substantial addition to English literature, and can no more be torn out of it than those of Dryden or Cowley. To use his own words, in speaking of some one else, “he is not included in any other man”. He is Hunt, and nobody else — not a mere dextrous follower of another writer, but the inventor and head of a fine school. Of how few men, living or dead, can this be affirmed! I am just fresh from reading him, Moxon having sent me “The Seer”; besides which, I bought the other day the first volume of “The London Journal” . [page break] No, no, there is nothing like Hunt; and so readers will say a hundred years hence, when, in the fulness of time, his fancy, his wit, his imagination, and the sweetness and elevation of his philosophy, shall make him be called a "great man” . I rejoice to hear he has recovered from the illness you speak of, and remain , Dear Mrs. Hunt very sincerely Your’s [sic] Chas. Ollier Mrs Hunt
Transcript By	McKiernan, Beth
Transcript Location	University of Iowa. Libraries. Special Collections Dept.

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Relation - Is Part Of	Charles Ollier letter to Marianne Hunt, ?1843-1845
Digital Collection	Leigh Hunt Letters
File Name	h94o-7_Page1.jpg
Transcript	18 Hayes Place Lisson Grove Tuesday Morng . My dear Mrs. Hunt Nothing will give me greater pleasure than to call on you and Hunt which I will do tomorrow evening (Wednesday). I am working hard with another man, on a novel; not my own intended “Spectre,” in which I shall, of course, have no co-adjutor, but a Story of the English Navy, with Nelson for the chief character, and Trafalgar for the catastrophe. This is ad captandum work, and sure to produce money , [page break]

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