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Henry Taylor : Philip van Artevelde

'By a quaint coincidence I received your letter directed (I suppose) by Phillip van Artevelde with Philip himself (not the man but the book) and I wish to tell you that I think him a noble fellow. I close with him in most that he says of modern poetry... etc.'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Alfred Tennyson      Print: Book

Henry Taylor : Philip van Artevelde

Elizabeth Barrett to Richard Hengist Horne, letter postmarked 21 February 1844: 'I suppose by an opinion upon Taylor you mean nothing elaborate -- & indeed I am not qualified for it without a little study, having read Van Artevelde once in a hurry (once -- long ago!) & no work of his subsequently at all.'

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

Henry Taylor : Notes From Books, in Four Essays

'Mary Holland has just received 'Notes from Books' from her friend Henry Taylor and said she liked them as well as 'Friends in Council'.'

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

Henry Taylor : 

'[quotation from Maurice Bowra's Memoirs] The first time I met him [John Betjeman] he talked fluently about half forgotten authors of the nineteenth century - Sir Henry Taylor, Ebeneezer Elliott, Philip James Bailey, and Sir Lewis Morris'.

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: John Betjeman      Print: Book

Henry Taylor : Philip van Artevelde

‘I have read [Henry] Taylor’s Philip Van Artevelde. It is admirable.’

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Hartley Coleridge      Print: Book

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