Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
The voice of Jane herself comes across very clearly here, even if it is her brother who signs!
Eventually they agreed on a second edition of
Mansfield Park
and the publication of
Emma
.
Following its dedication to the Prince Regent, Murray brought out an edition of two thou-
sand at twenty-one shillings for the three-volume set. In 1817 he published
Northanger Ab-
bey
and
Persuasion
posthumously, but he remaindered the last copies of Jane's work in
1820.
The visit of the Allied Sovereigns in 1814 for the peace celebrations res-
ulted in a flurry of activity amongst the fashionable
modistes.
This is a
'Russian Mantle, Pelisse & Bonnet, Invented & to be had only of Mrs
Bell', appearing in
La Belle Assemblée
in November 1814. Vast muffs
were highly fashionable at the time.
The relationship was generally friendly - Jane borrowed topics from Murray for Henry,
including John Scott's
A Visit to Paris in 1814
and
The Field of Waterloo
- but it was defin-
itely a business affair: '… he is a Rogue of course, but a civil one', she told Cassandra.
There were several smart hotels here. Gordon's, on the corner with Piccadilly, was a fa-
vourite of Nelson and Byron but the most famous, Grillon's, was opposite John Murray's.
Louis XVIII stayed there for two days in 1814 during the premature celebrations of Napole-
on's defeat.
The
Edinburgh Annual Register
recorded his departure on 23 April:
This morning, about eight o'clock, his most Christian majesty, the Duchess of Angouleme, the Prince de
Condé, and the Duke de Bourbon, left London to embark at Dover for France. An immense concourse of
people had assembled in Albemarle-street at an early hour. The escort of horse-guards took their station
opposite Grillon's Hotel soon after six.
