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Archibald Constable : Miscellany

Employed myself reading Constables Miscellany- voyages, mutinies and shipwrecks in the Southern Ocean

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Adam Mackie      Print: Book

Archibald Constable [ed.] : Encyclopaedia Britannica

'I see your name mentioned among the writers in Constable's Encyclopaedia; pray tell me what articles you have written: I shall always read anything which you write. The travels of the Gallo-American gentleman alluded to by Mr Constable are I suppose those of Mr Simon. He is a very sensible man, and I should be curious to see the light in which this country appeared to him. I should think he would be too severe'.

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Sydney Smith      Print: Book

Archibald Constable : Constable's Miscellany of Original and Selected Publications in the Various Departments of Literature, the Sciences, & the Arts

Received a letter from Sir W. Knighton mentioning that the King acquiesced in my proposal that Constable's Miscellany should be dedicated to him.

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Walter Scott      

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