Charles James Blomfield to Peter Elmsley
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Publication of Septem. Knows little about the comic writers. Abuse of Mr (Edmund?) Barker and Dr (Samuel) Parr. Mild criticism of Gaisford. Hostile remarks re Butler.
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Charles James Blomfield to Peter Elmsley
Publication of Septem. Knows little about the comic writers. Abuse of Mr (Edmund?) Barker and Dr (Samuel) Parr. Mild criticism of Gaisford. Hostile remarks re Butler.
Charles James Blomfield to Peter Elmsley
Remarks on his editions of Aesch, and on PE's review of Gaisford's republication of Markland. Porson's drunkenness, and the charge of plagiarism against PE (Horsfall pp459f.). Butler has decided not to reply to the criticisms in the Ed Rev in his latest volume. Monk has been staying. B has yet to meet PE.
Charles James Blomfield to Peter Elmsley
History of B's (anonymous) review of Monk's Hippolytus, and Monk's warm appreciation of it. Edmund Henry (Barker?) publicly criticises B, taking his attitude from Dr. Parr (who clearly lisped). Prepared to review PE's Oedipus if Monk doesn't get in first. Support for new journal (inc. PE's). PE's proposed visit to Cambridge. Authorship of preface to Porsoniana (Horsfall pp454ff).
Charles James Blomfield to Peter Elmsley
PE thanked for commenting on B's (warm) review of PE's Heraclidae (?). Visit to Oxford and meeting with Gaisford. Sales of Museum Criticum - Murray (see Row 174) has printed 1,000 copies, whereas the total possible readership must be ca.300! Proposed visit to London, where he hopes to met PE (apparently for the first time) - PE has vetoed The Grecian, so B suggests The Hummums. Typos in Valpy's Iconographie. Punning jokes on Butler's Geography.
Charles James Blomfield to Peter Elmsley
Mild text. crit. of Heraclidae. Liber Fossianus. Progress of printing of Persae - B anticipated by PE in Classical Journal, but this will have to be acknowledged in the addenda. Frr. of Alcaeus in next ed. of Museum Criticum.
Charles James Blomfield to Peter Elmsley
Date probable, in view of preceding. Staying at The Hummums rather than at Eastey's. Too busy to visit St Mary Cray, but hopes to see PE in town. Lack of contributions to Museum Criticum - hopes for some notes on the Medea from PE.
Charles James Blomfield to Peter Elmsley
Staying with the Spencers at Althorp. Persae on the point of publication. Begs for the Medea as soon as possible.
Charles James Blomfield to Peter Elmsley
Further textual question. Agamemnon proceeding very slowly.
Charles James Blomfield to Peter Elmsley
Year per Horsfall. Proposal to print the collation of the Agamemnon in the Museum Criticum, if PE does not object.
Charles James Blomfield to Peter Elmsley
Beginning to review PE's Heraclidae. B in a contract with Constable, not Murray (but is this sarcasm?). PE writing in Gentleman's Magazine as Graeculus. PE and B both criticised by one Bailey. PE to send criticism to Hermann.