A Bibliography of the Writings in Prose and Verse of George Meredith (Classic Reprint)

Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Bibliography of the Writings in Prose and Verse of George Meredith South Africa is not the best place in the world for literary research, and for the most part this bibliography of George Meredith has been written in South Africa. The foundation was laid in London thirty years ago when the inspiration came from a reading of Diana of the Crossways shortly after it appeared in Messrs Chapman and Hall's familiar blue cloth edition. Before Diana's successor, One of Our Conquerors, was published, I had acquired and absorbed the bulk of Meredith's previous works, and I had made considerable way with my description of the Meredith books when Mr John Lane's useful bibliography was issued as an appendix to Mr Richard Le Gallienne's George Meredith: Some Characteristics. That was in 1890. In 1894 I felt England, and from then until 1900, when I returned on furlough for a few months, I occupied my leisure in "executing the parts" and maintaining a voluminous correspondence with publishers, editors, and benevolent enthusiasts, who were willing to assist me. On the return journey to South Africa the manuscript which had received some polishing in London was lost, together with the whole of my collection of Meredith's contributions to periodicals. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.