The Sampson Low Collection

Sampson Low (1797-1886) was a Victorian bookseller and publisher whose clients included many notable figures of the nineteenth century from Britain, North America and Europe. The Sampson Low Collection comprises two volumes of over 200 letters written by clients and friends, the majority to Sampson Low himself. The letters have been digitised and transcribed and made available online for the first time.

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preview image letterLetter attributed to Walter ScottThis is a facsimile of a letter purpurted to have been written by Walter Scott to the English poet...
preview image letterLetter from Andrew Paton CharlesAndrew Paton Charles refers almost exclusively to his wife, (Elizabeth Rundle Charles) in his...
preview image letterLetter from Angela Burdett-CouttsAngela Burdett-Coutts provided funds for explorers David Livingstone and Henry Morton Stanley's...
preview image letterLetter from Anna Cummings JohnsonIn her letter, Anna Cummings Johnson refers to spellings in English, Swiss and German in a...
preview image letterLetter from Anne CropperAnne Cropper expresses how much she is looking forward to meeting Harriet Beecher Stowe at their...
preview image letterLetter from Anne Isabella Noel ByronLady Byron refers to part of a letter written by author Eliza Follen to Harriet Beecher Stowe and...
preview image letterLetter from Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th Earl of ShaftesburyThe Earl of Shaftesbury writes to Sampson Low regarding Harriet Beecher Stowe who had been taken ill.
preview image letterLetter from Arthur Hugh CloughThis letter penned by Arthur Clough acknowledges a request for an inspectorship appointment for a...
preview image letterLetter from Calvin Ellis StoweIn his letter to Sampson Low, Calvin Ellis Stowe discusses the forthcoming publication and...
preview image letterLetter from Caroline Elizabeth Sarah NortonCaroline Norton writes to inform the recipient that an article published in 'The Times' was not...
preview image letterLetter from Charles Kingsley (1)Charles Kingsley refers positively to Philip Sidney's 'Arcadia' and John Lyly's 'Euphues'. He also...
preview image letterLetter from Charles Kingsley (2)
preview image letterLetter from Charles KnightIn his letter to Sampson Low, Charles Knight discusses publications of Percy Bysshe Shelley's...
preview image letterLetter from Dinah Craik (1)Dinah Craik writes to inform the recipient (likely to be Sampson Low) that she is in talks with...
preview image letterLetter from Edward BickerstethThe contents of this short letter written in response to one received by Edward Bickersteth, are...
preview image letterLetter from Elizabeth CharlesElizabeth Rundle (Charles) refers to 'Denkwürdigkeiten', a work by the Flemish poet and Mannerist...
preview image letterLetter from Emily FaithfullEmily Faithfull writes on behalf of an unnamed female book illustrator who is seeking further...
preview image letterLetter from George Henry Lewes (1)In this interesting letter from George Eliot's partner George Lewes, he refers to a 90 page book...
preview image letterLetter from Harriet MartineauIn this four page letter, Harriet Martineau writes at length about works written by the architect...
preview image letterLetter from Henry StebbingHenry Stebbing has been sent a copy of a Shakespearean Dictionary to be edited and responds with...