Letter from Dinah Mulock Craik to Frederic Chapman, 26 March 1849

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                    <salute>Dear Sir</salute>
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                <p>I have no objection whatever to the title’s being changed, but I do not like
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                    <title corresp="CraikSiteIndex.xml#BentleysMiscellany">Bentley’s</title> list –
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                    purpose of the novel – viz – the contrast between reality &amp; seeming – in the
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                    character of the two sets of lovers – The best title I can think of, now, is
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                <p>I will do all I can to keep an <choice>
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                        <expan>incognito</expan>
                    </choice> which is pleasant to my feelings – &amp; if the book succeeds, will be
                    very amusing.</p>
                <p>Your second parcel of <choice>
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                        ref="CraikSiteIndex.xml#BrecknockTerrace">Brecknock Terrace</placeName>
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                        St.</placeName> But, as I am changing my abode, will you send the proofs to
                        <persName ref="CraikSiteIndex.xml#HerveyThomasKibble">Mr.
                        Hervey’s</persName> care – &amp; thus all chance of mistake will be
                    avoided.</p>
                <p>May I claim your considerate promise, &amp; ask for <measure type="currency"
                        >£50</measure> – sometime before March is out?</p>
                <p>I send the 3 <choice>
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                <closer>Very sincerely yours<lb/>
                    <signed><persName ref="CraikSiteIndex.xml#DMC">DMMulock – </persName></signed><lb/>
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Letter from Dinah Mulock Craik to Frederic Chapman, 26 March 1849. Dinah Mulock Craik Karen Bourrier Dinah Mulock Craik: A Digital Archive University of Calgary Karen Bourrier Transcription March-April 2015 by Jaclyn Carter Proofing of transcription June-July 2015 by Kailey Fukushima TEI encoding March-April 2015 by Jaclyn Carter Proofing of TEI encoding June-July 2015 by Kailey Fukushima First digital edition in TEI, date: 15 August 2015. P5. Dinah Mulock Craik: A Digital Archive Calgary, Alberta, Canada 2015

Reproduced by courtesy of the The Morgan Library and Museum.

Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License Dinah Mulock Craik: A Digital Archive The Morgan Library and Museum Collection of Autograph Letters Signed: London, to Frederic Chapman 8610.6 Letter from Dinah Mulock Craik to Frederic Chapman, 26 March 1849.

Our aim in this edition has been to transcribe the content of the letters as accurately as possible without reproducing the physical appearance of the manuscript. Craik’s spelling, punctuation, underlining, superscripts, abbreviations, additions and deletions are retained, except for words which are hyphenated at the end of a line, which we have silently emended. Where Craik uses a non-standard spelling, we have encoded both her spelling and the standard Oxford English Dictionary spelling to faciliate searching. The long s is not encoded.
26 Brecknock St. March 26 th Dear Sir

I have no objection whatever to the title’s being changed, but I do not like either “Katharine Ogilvie” or “The Ogilvies” – In the first place, this style of nomenclature is the commonest of all – vide Bentley’s list – which is a sure catalogue of proper names – Secondly Eleanor is quite as much the heroine of the book as Katharine – & it can hardly be christened “The Ogilvies” when the principal man is Philip Wychnor . I wish that the title should indicate the purpose of the novel – viz – the contrast between reality & seeming – in the world of society – & and in the love, life & character of the two sets of lovers – The best title I can think of, now, is “False, & True” – but perhaps the title – page might “bide a wee” – in hope of a better still.

I will do all I can to keep an incog. incognito which is pleasant to my feelings – & if the book succeeds, will be very amusing.

Your second parcel of M. S. manuscript was nearly lost through an error in the address – Brecknock Terrace instead of Brecknock St. But, as I am changing my abode, will you send the proofs to Mr. Hervey’s care – & thus all chance of mistake will be avoided.

May I claim your considerate promise, & ask for £50 – sometime before March is out?

I send the 3 vols volumes by Parcels Delivery, this day –

Very sincerely yours DMMulock – Monday –
1 "imper. ‘See, refer to, consult’; a direction to the reader to refer to some other heading, passage, or work (or to a table, diagram, etc.) for fuller or further information." (OED "vide, v.2") 2 "To remain in expectation, to wait. Often with an adverbial adjunct of time. (Chiefly northern, but used by modern poets.)" (OED "bide, v." I 1.a.) See bullet 7 within OED entry for the 1816 Scottish usage of "bide a wee."

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Letter from Dinah Mulock Craik to Frederic Chapman, 26 March 1849. Dinah Mulock Craik Karen Bourrier Dinah Mulock Craik: A Digital Archive University of Calgary Karen Bourrier Transcription March-April 2015 by Jaclyn Carter Proofing of transcription June-July 2015 by Kailey Fukushima TEI encoding March-April 2015 by Jaclyn Carter Proofing of TEI encoding June-July 2015 by Kailey Fukushima First digital edition in TEI, date: 15 August 2015. P5. Dinah Mulock Craik: A Digital Archive Calgary, Alberta, Canada 2015

Reproduced by courtesy of the The Morgan Library and Museum.

Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License Dinah Mulock Craik: A Digital Archive The Morgan Library and Museum Collection of Autograph Letters Signed: London, to Frederic Chapman 8610.6 Letter from Dinah Mulock Craik to Frederic Chapman, 26 March 1849.

Our aim in this edition has been to transcribe the content of the letters as accurately as possible without reproducing the physical appearance of the manuscript. Craik’s spelling, punctuation, underlining, superscripts, abbreviations, additions and deletions are retained, except for words which are hyphenated at the end of a line, which we have silently emended. Where Craik uses a non-standard spelling, we have encoded both her spelling and the standard Oxford English Dictionary spelling to faciliate searching. The long s is not encoded.
26 Brecknock St. March 26 th Dear Sir

I have no objection whatever to the title’s being changed, but I do not like either “Katharine Ogilvie” or “The Ogilvies” – In the first place, this style of nomenclature is the commonest of all – vide Bentley’s list – which is a sure catalogue of proper names – Secondly Eleanor is quite as much the heroine of the book as Katharine – & it can hardly be christened “The Ogilvies” when the principal man is Philip Wychnor . I wish that the title should indicate the purpose of the novel – viz – the contrast between reality & seeming – in the world of society – & and in the love, life & character of the two sets of lovers – The best title I can think of, now, is “False, & True” – but perhaps the title – page might “bide a wee” – in hope of a better still.

I will do all I can to keep an incog. incognito which is pleasant to my feelings – & if the book succeeds, will be very amusing.

Your second parcel of M. S. manuscript was nearly lost through an error in the address – Brecknock Terrace instead of Brecknock St. But, as I am changing my abode, will you send the proofs to Mr. Hervey’s care – & thus all chance of mistake will be avoided.

May I claim your considerate promise, & ask for £50 – sometime before March is out?

I send the 3 vols volumes by Parcels Delivery, this day –

Very sincerely yours DMMulock – Monday –
"imper. ‘See, refer to, consult’; a direction to the reader to refer to some other heading, passage, or work (or to a table, diagram, etc.) for fuller or further information." (OED "vide, v.2") "To remain in expectation, to wait. Often with an adverbial adjunct of time. (Chiefly northern, but used by modern poets.)" (OED "bide, v." I 1.a.) See bullet 7 within OED entry for the 1816 Scottish usage of "bide a wee."