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Thomas Noon Talfourd

 

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Thomas Noon Talfourd : "On the System of Malthus"

'In a poor little struggling Unitarian periodical, the Monthly Repository [...] a youth, named Thomas Noon Talfourd, was about this time [1816] making [...] first attempts at authorship. Among his earliest papers [...] was one "On the System of Malthus" [...] It was prodigiously admired by [...] some of my family, who read it, and lived on it for awhile, but it served to mislead me about Malthus'.

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Martineau family     Print: Serial / periodical

  

Thomas Noon Talfourd : The Athenian Captive

Elizabeth Barrett to Thomas Noon Talfourd, 13 June 1838: 'Miss Barrett presents her compliments to Mr Serjeant Talfourd, and desires to express to him her thankfulness both for his very obliging note [of 2 June 1838], and also and in particular for the valued present accompanying it. She is glad to be able to associate with the true pleasure with which she lately read his beautiful play, the gratification of now receiving it from its author.'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Barrett      Print: Book

  

Thomas Noon Talfourd : Glencoe

Elizabeth Barrett to George Goodin Moulton-Barrett, 17 June 1840: '["Glencoe"] never reached me until last week [...] Thank you my dearest Georgie! [...] It was, as you well knew it wd be, a great pleasure to me to look into Glencoe -- and yet the play is to my mind, a failure [...] High & tender thoughts there are, gracefully & harmoniously expressed -- which is not [italics]being tragic[end italics]!'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Barrett      Print: Book

  

Thomas Noon Talfourd : Ion

'Thank you very much for the gift of "Ion"; the tragedy was known to us by extracts, and our desire to see it was great. We like it very much - it is a noble descendant of the noble Greek tragedy.'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Howitt      Print: Book

  

Thomas Noon Talfourd : Recollections of a First Visit to the Alps, in August and September 1841

Robert Browning to Rachel Talfourd, c.1842: 'Out of certain projects of calling personally and saying my thankful say -- comes this poor paper and ink acknowledgement of the Sergeant's great kindness [...] I have read the "Recollections" with the greatest delight, seeing in my mind the whole party at every turn. Will you have the goodness to tell him this, mending my imperfect phrase.'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Robert Browning      Print: Book

  

Thomas Noon Talfourd : Recollections of a first visit to the Alps, in August and September 1841

'Will you thank Mr Talfourd for the kind present of his pleasant book' [letter to Edward Moxon]

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Shelley      Print: Book

  

Thomas Noon Talfourd : Vacation Rambles and Thoughts

Elizabeth Barrett to Julia Martin, 6 January 1845: 'Have you read Mr Serjeant Talfourd's "Rambles & thoughts"? With some wordiness, & faults of taste otherwise, it is a very pleasant book & has set me on the desire of climbing to the top of Mont Blanc [...] It improves as you read.'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Barrett      Print: Book

 

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