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Memoirs of the Life and Writings of James Montgomery, Including Selections From His Correspondence, Remains in Prose and Verse, and
Memoirs of the Life and Writings of James Montgomery Including Selections From His Correspondence Remains in Prose and Verse and Author:John Holland Title: Memoirs of the Life and Writings of James Montgomery, Including Selections From His Correspondence, Remains in Prose and Verse, and Conversations on Various Subjects Subtitle: By John Holland and James Everett General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1855 Original Publisher: Longman, Brown, Green Notes: This is... more » a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAP. XXIX. 1806. CAREY AND CHANTREY. -- MONTGOMERY'S REVIEWS LONG AND INTERESTING. LETTERS TO PARKEN. -- REVIKW OF MOORE'S POEMS. CONVERSATIONS. ATTENTION TO RELIGIOUS DUTIES. -- METHODIST CLASS MEETINGS. -- CHANGE IN HIS HABITS. -- NON-SECTARIAN PIETY. EDITORIAL ANXIETIES. SUCCESS OF THE " WANDERER OF SWITZERLAND." -- WOOLL'S MEMOIRS OF WARTON. -- THE "DIAL." "HARP OF SORROW." -- JETJ D'ESPRIT. The Sheffield project of a local monument to Nelson by Chantrey was, as we have stated, not carried out; but neither Montgomery nor his friend Carey at once gave up the project. " The moment," says the latter, in a letter dated May 19., " I had read your last, I wrote to Chantrey to obtain the information which you required, and I have just now received his answer. He says, ' the expense of a bronze figure eight feet high will be about 450£ independent of the other appendages, which cannot be estimated until a model is made.' He expects to be in Sheffield in five or six weeks, to put up Wilkinson's monument. This is all I can say upon the subject, except adding an earnest recommendation to you to create whatever interest you can in favour of Chantrey. I have told him of your zeal in his behalf, and he is indeed thankful for it; and as to your kind offer to print it, I will write upon the subject. I fairly confess I know not what more to say or sing ...« less