A Publisher and His Friends Memoir and Correspondence of John Murray; with an Account of the Origin and Progress of the House, 1768-1843

CHAPTER II

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JOHN MURRAY (II.)--BEGINNING OF HIS PUBLISHING CAREER--ISAAC D'ISRAELI, ETC.

John Murray the Second--"The Anax of Publishers"--His start in business--Murray and Highley--Dissolution of the partnership--Colman's "John Bull"--Mr. Joseph Hume--Archibald Constable--John Murray a Volunteer--The D'Israeli family--Isaac D'Israeli's early works--"Flim-Flams"--Birth of Benjamin D'Israeli--Projected periodical the "Institute"--The "Miniature"--Murray's acquaintance with Canning and Frere