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Gallimaufry & more: "The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.".
Of the many things I admire about the Victorians--their moral passion, their elevated patriotism, their extraordinary cultural and political and scientific achievements--perhaps what I admire most is their energy. We all know about Anthony Trollope, who (as he tells us in his Autobiography) sat writing with a clock before him in order to keep himself up to the self: imposed quota of 250 words per quarter-hour. After correcting the previous day's work, Trollope turned out about 2,500 words between the hours of 6:30 and 9:00 A.M., when he set off for his real job at the Post Office. And this Trollope did day in and day out, week after week, month after month, year after ...
- The Selected Letters of Leslie Stephen. (2 vols.)
- Magazine article from: American Scholar Rudikoff, Sonya September 22, 1997 700+ words
...his brother, Leslie Stephen, founder of the Dictionary of National Biography, read through...penal codes. Leslie Stephen observes of...correspondence Leslie Stephen conducted...Dictionary of National Biography. Earlier...
- The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.(Book Review)
- Magazine article from: History Today Harvey, A.D. October 1, 2004 700+ words
...Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, but a remarkable...Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, but only one of...entire Dictionary. Leslie Stephen, the first editor...original Dictionary of National Biography, wrote, 'it is...
- Women and the Dictionary of national biography: a guide to DNB volumes...
- Magazine article from: Papers of the Bibliographical Society of Canada March 22, 1996 700+ words
...book on women and the Dictionary of National Biography (DNB) is a continuation of Gillian...Contributors' Index to the Dictionary of National Biography (1885-1901) (1989) and Leslie Stephen's Life in Letters (1993). Although...
- Gillian Fenwick, Leslie Stephen's Life in Letters: A Bibliographical...
- Magazine article from: Nineteenth-Century Prose Worth, George J. March 22, 1995 700+ words
...Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1901...has gone into Leslie Stephen's Lift in...Dictionary of National Biography," his "Contributions...books edited by Leslie Stephen," his "Principal...Dictionary of National Biography--"he contributed...to identify ...
- NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY FOR A COMPUTER AGE.
- Magazine article from: History Today Harrison, Brian August 1, 2001 700+ words
...some ways The Dictionary of National Biography (DNB), published in sixty...tradition. Its first editor, Leslie Stephen, owed much to Carlyle, and...editor of the New Dictionary of National Biography (NewDNB), Colin Matthew...
- Nourishing the curiosity: Leslie Stephen and the English Men of Letters series.
- Magazine article from: Nineteenth-Century Prose Fenwick, Gillian September 22, 1995 700+ words
...turn of the century Leslie Stephen (1832-1904) was...the Dictionary of National Biography, contributing z84...both the project and Leslie Stephen's contributions...twentieth century. (2) Leslie Stephen's involvement in...
- The new DNB. (Dictionary of National Biography)
- Magazine article from: History Today Matthew, Colin September 1, 1993 700+ words
...on a Dictionary of National Biography. Smith made a fortune...discussed this with Leslie Stephen, editor of the Cornhill...complete dictionary of national biography which should supply...present time'. Leslie Stephen was a distinguished...
- Selected Letters of Leslie Stephen.(Review) (book reviews)
- ANQ ROSENMAN, ELLEN BAYUK September 22, 1999 700+ words
...BICKNELL, John W. Selected Letters of Leslie Stephen. 2 vols. Columbus: Ohio State UP...complaints about The Selected Letters of Leslie Stephen. Like many of his letters, this one...sometimes appear, but a more sympathetic Leslie Stephen charms and touches us throughout these...