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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.

Type	Name or title	Description
person	Charles Knight	Charles Knight was an English publisher, editor and author. He helped to establish several literary...
person	Ellen Wood	Ellen Wood (née Price) was an English novelist better known as Mrs Henry Wood. She began her...
person	Henry Stebbing	Henry Stebbing was a cleric, writer and editor. He held various positions in the Anglican Church...
person	Herbert Coleridge	Herbert Coleridge was a philologist and the grandson of the Romantic poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge....
person	Horace St John	Horace Roscoe St John was a journalist, editor and author. He contributed to several periodicals...
person	John Forster	John Forster was an English writer, historian and editor. During his lifetime he edited...
person	John Philippart	John Philippart was a British military writer and editor. He became a clerk in the War Office in...
person	William Hepworth Dixon	William Hepworth Dixon was an English historian. During his life he travelled to many countries and...

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