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George Ticknor Curtis (search for this): chapter 12
e brilliant success of his friend Prescott to stimulate him in that direction,—he lingered over his preparations with affection, acknowledging that he disliked to part with the work after ten years devotion. From time to time, his nephew, Mr. George T. Curtis, asked him how soon he intended to stop collecting, and to begin printing, and he would only answer, When I have done. In April, 1848, he calls it a task I cannot find it in my heart to hurry, so agreeable is it to me. Mr. Samuel Rogeremains to be seen. But if I have, my book, I think, will be read by my countrymen, whose advance in a taste for reading on grave and thoughtful subjects increases so perceptibly that there is a plain difference since you were here. To Mr. George T. Curtis he says the same thing in other words:— As you read, please to bear in mind that my book is an attempt to make literary history useful, as general reading, to a people like the American, by connecting it with the history of civilizatio
Pascual Gayangos (search for this): chapter 12
. purpose of interesting the general Reader. correspondence with Washington Irving, Don Pascual de Gayangos, and Dr. Julius. growth of his Spanish Library. manuscript of the work submitted to Mr.racter from the literary purpose for which it was collected. His correspondence with Don Pascual de Gayangos, See ante, pp. 161 and 182. his constant orders to Mr. Rich, Mr. Obadiah Rich, once of a few manuscripts to be found in Madrid and in the Escorial. A young Spaniard named Pascual de Gayangos has helped me already somewhat, and has volunteered to procure the copies; but he lives iges and helps me in my study of Spanish literature like your contributions. To Don Pascual de Gayangos, London. Boston, March 30, 1842. my dear friend,—Since I wrote you, February 17–Marche Vegas, Toledo, 1590, of which I never heard till I found it in his catalogue. To Don Pascual de Gayangos, Madrid. Niagara Falls, N. Y., July 24, 1844. my dear Mr. Gayangos,—I have not writte<
George Stillman Hillard (search for this): chapter 12
y Rossieuw de St. Hilaire); El Heraldo, Madrid, March, 1850 (by Domingo del Monte); London Morning Chronicle, May, 1850 (by Shirley Brooks, who wrote to Mr. Ticknor to inform him of the authorship); Christian Examiner, Boston, April, 1850 (by G. S. Hillard); Methodist Quarterly, New York (by C. C. Felton); L'Opinion Publique, Paris, which had five articles in 1851 (by Count Adolphe de Circourt); London Spectator, Examiner, Literary Gazette, and Gentleman's Magazine, 1850; Journal des Debats, 18rth] will see how carefully and conscientiously Mr. Ticknor labored, to the day of his death, to secure completeness to the work to which the best portion of his life was dedicated, with a singleness of devotion rare in these days of desultory activity and rapid production. Preface to the Fourth Edition, by G. S. Hillard. This edition, prepared for the press by Mr. Hillard, appeared a year after the death of Mr. Ticknor, who left a special request that his friend might perform this office.
in Boston, as I hear from our friend Prescott, quite well and very happy. We are very glad to have them back again, and the government here is very glad to have Calderon come as Minister to it once more. His relations were always of the kind that are useful, alike to the country that sends the mission and the country that receive work to the general reader will, I suppose, be those which relate to topics of widest celebrity,—as the Ballads, for example, the great dramatic writers, Lope, Calderon, etc.,—above all Cervantes, and scarcely less Quevedo. . . . . The portions least interesting to the vulgar reader will be the details in relation to the more oill, and it seems to me that we Protestants, by education, habit, and daily intercourse, lack a power of entering into the mythical religious poetry. For, while Calderon inclined to allegory, we find in Lope religious mythical views, and poetic representations which have exercised an extraordinary magic power over me for many yea
spectacle of these cataracts,—a spectacle quite as remarkable for its picturesqueness and beauty, as it is for its power and grandeur. Some day I hope you will come here and enjoy it. You will find more friends in this country than you know of, and we will all try to make your time pass pleasantly, if you will make us a visit. Yours very faithfully, G. Ticknor. I wrote to you last on the 25th of April, and one of the books I then asked you to procure for me was the Carcel de Amor, de Diego de San Pedro. I do not now need it, for it is among the books I bought at Southey's sale. To Don P. De Gayangos. Boston, August 24, 1844. my dear Mr. Gayangos,—I wrote to you on the 24th July, from Niagara Falls, since which I have returned to Boston with my family, and have caused the catalogue of my Spanish books to be made out, that goes with this. It is, I believe, tolerably complete. At any rate, I shall be very glad to receive from you any books not on it that you think
W. H. Prescott (search for this): chapter 12
in; and after the brilliant illustrations of both, furnished by yourself and Mr. Prescott, no one will have an excuse for ignorance. Begging you to excuse this slinize as not English. This is not only remarkable in such works as yours and Mr. Prescott's, but even, as it strikes me, in the lighter literature, as far as I see itellow of the Society of Antiquaries. You will be united in this with Everett, Prescott, and Bancroft. Lord Mahon, as President of the Society, said at its annual m that country. At present we have four, namely, Mr. Everett, Mr. Bancroft, Mr. Prescott, and Mr. Ticknor,—an accession of talent and high character of which any socy book, but says he shall answer what I have said about the Buscapie. Young Prescott has returned lately, and brought me the fine copies of Ayllon's Cid, 1579, ande will read with pleasure, for the sake of the few words in which he speaks of Prescott and myself, and for the broad view he gives—after his grand, generalizing fash
Adolfo Castro (search for this): chapter 12
and it is more and more felt that war is not to be undertaken for frivolous punctilios or unimportant interests. . . . . Believe me, my dear sir, Very truly yours, Henry Hallam. A few months later Mr. Ticknor writes as follows:— To Don P. De Gayangos. Boston, October 14, 1850. My dear Don Pascual,—I wrote you last on the 19th of August, since which I have not heard from you directly; but I know that the copies of my History which I sent to Mr. Barringer and to Don Adolfo de Castro, through your kindness, have safely reached their destination. Don Adolfo writes to me very agreeably about my book, but says he shall answer what I have said about the Buscapie. Young Prescott has returned lately, and brought me the fine copies of Ayllon's Cid, 1579, and of the Toledana Discreta, 1604, which you intrusted to his care. His father came at the same time, and both of them are quite well, and much gratified by the kindness they everywhere received in Europe . . . .
Theodore Parker (search for this): chapter 12
ike and elegant remarks, couched in a calm tone, and expressed in a clear and unaffected style, and asserts that he has produced a record which may be read with general satisfaction, and will be lastingly valued for reference. Mr. Buckle also, in a private letter, says: In Mr. Ticknor's singularly valuable History of Spanish literature there is more real information than can be found in any of the Spanish histories which I have had occasion to read. The letter appears in the Life of Theodore Parker, to whom it was addressed. The first edition of the work appeared from the press of the Messrs. Harper, New York, in the latter part of the year 1849, while Mr. John Murray, at the same time, published a small edition in London. A Spanish translation was already begun, from advanced sheets, by Don P. de Gayangos and Don Enrique de Vedia, but the last volume of this did not appear until several years later. Meantime, reviews and notices appeared on both sides of the Atlantic, some
Mira Mesqua (search for this): chapter 12
is degraded language, do not suit the grave Spaniard. I could have wished the chapters on the Drama more minute still, and it seems to me that we Protestants, by education, habit, and daily intercourse, lack a power of entering into the mythical religious poetry. For, while Calderon inclined to allegory, we find in Lope religious mythical views, and poetic representations which have exercised an extraordinary magic power over me for many years. Just so Lope's contemporaries, such as Mira de Mesqua and others, are very remarkable in representations of miracles, legends, apparitions. This point seems to me to have been too little regarded by all friends; for I cannot speak of those caricatures which, for a time, tried to attract attention by much noise; when even young Jews were indefatigable in painting Madonnas and Christs. Remember me to your lady, and think sometimes of your admiring friend, Ludwig Tieck. Having thus met with a solid and most gratifying success, the His
John Jacob Astor (search for this): chapter 12
itude. For your very generous offer of the works of Gregorio Silvestre, I will consider it. But I must not be unreasonable, and if I do not accept it, you may be sure that I am just as thankful for your kindness as if I did. I am much disappointed that my friend Mr. Cogswell has refused the appointment of Secretary of Legation at Madrid; preferring to remain in New York, as librarian of a great library just about to be established there. Mr. Cogswell remained, at the request of Mr. John Jacob Astor, to organize the library he had promised to found, which was not, however, established for several years. Who will be his successor I do not know, and shall hardly interest myself again to procure the place for anybody. Irving will do all he can to help Prescott and myself, for his kindness may be entirely relied upon; but he was never very active; he is now growing old, and his knowledge of books and bibliography is not at all like Cogswell's. I must, therefore, rely much upon your
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