Victorian Prose: An Anthology

498 Pages·1999·1.64 MB·English

by  Rosemary J. Mundhenk

Victorian Prose:
An Anthology
Edited by
Rosemary J. Mundhenk and
LuAnn McCracken Fletcher
Columbia University Press
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Victorian prose :an anthology / [compiled by] Rosemary J.Mundhenk
and LuAnn McCracken Fletcher.
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Includes bibliographical references (p.455).
ISBN 0–231–11026–X (acid-free paper).— ISBN 0–231–11027–8 (pbk.)
1.English prose literature — 19th century. 2.Great Britain—
History—Victoria,1837–1901—Sources. I.Mundhenk,Rosemary J.,1945– .
II.Fletcher,LuAnn McCracken,1961– .
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CONTENTS
Chronological Table of Contents ix
Thematic Table of Contents xiii
Introduction xvii
Acknowledgments xxiii
A Note on the Texts xxv
MARY PRINCE (ca.1788–after 1831)
from The History of Mary Prince,A West Indian Slave(1831) 1
RICHARD OASTLER (1789–1861)
“Slavery in Yorkshire”(1830) 9
CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH TONNA (1790–1846)
from The Wrongs ofWoman(1843–4) 13
THOMAS CARLYLE (1795–1881)
from Sartor Resartus(1833–4) 21
from Past and Present(1843) 28
SARAH STICKNEY ELLIS (1799–1872)
from The Women of England(1839) 53
THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY (1800–59)
from review of Southey’s Colloquies(1830) 59
JOHN HENRY NEWMAN (1801–90)
from Apologia Pro Vita Sua(1864) 71
JANE WELSH CARLYLE (1801–66)
Letters (1845) 87
HARRIET MARTINEAU (1802–76)
from Eastern Life,Present and Past(1848) 93
ROBERT CHAMBERS (1802–71)
from Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation(1844) 101
JAMES PHILLIPS KAY-SHUTTLEWORTH (1804–77)
from The Moral and Physical Condition of theWorking Classes Employed
in the Cotton Manufacture in Manchester(1832) 107
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BENJAMIN DISRAELI (1804–81)
from “Conservative and Liberal Principles,”speech at the Crystal Palace (1872) 115
JOHN STUART MILL (1806–73)
from The Subjection ofWomen(1869) 121
from Autobiography(1873) 131
CAROLINE NORTON (1808–77)
from A Letter to the Queen on Lord Chancellor Cranworth’s
Marriage and Divorce Bill(1855) 143
WILLIAM RATHBONE GREG (1809–91)
from “Why Are Women Redundant?”(1862) 157
CHARLES DARWIN (1809–82)
from On the Origin of Species(1859) 165
ELIZABETH RIGBY,LADY EASTLAKE (1809–93)
from review of Vanity Fair,Jane Eyre,and the 1847Report of the Governesses’
Benevolent Institution (1848) 175
WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE (1809–98)
from “England’s Mission”(1878) 183
HENRY MAYHEW (1812–87)
from Labour and the Poor,letter to the Morning Chronicle(1849) 189
SAMUEL SMILES (1812–1904)
from Self-Help(1859) 199
DAVID LIVINGSTONE (1813–73)
from Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa(1857) 207
PERCIVAL LEIGH (1813–89)
from “The Chemistry of a Candle”(1850) 215
WILLIAM ACTON (1814–75)
from Prostitution(1857,1870) 221
CHARLOTTE BRONTË(1816–55)
Letters to George Henry Lewes (1847–50) 229
GEORGE HENRY LEWES (1817–78)
from review of Shirley(1850) 235
from Comte’s Philosophy of the Sciences(1853) 241
JOHN RUSKIN (1819–1900)
from “Traffic,”lecture (1864);in The Crown ofWild Olive(1866) 247
from “Of Queens’Gardens,”lecture (1864);in Sesame and Lilies(1865) 259
QUEEN VICTORIA (1819–1901)
from journal entry on the Great Exhibition (1851) 267
contents vii
Letters to her daughter,the Princess Royal (1858,1872) 270
CHARLES KINGSLEY (1819–75)
from “The Massacre of the Innocents!”(1859) 273
PRINCE ALBERT (1819–61)
Speech at the Mansion House (1850);in Prince Albert’s Speeches(1857) 279
PUNCH
from “Punch’s Own Report of the Opening of the Great Exhibition”(1851) 283
GEORGE ELIOT (1819–80)
from “Silly Novels by Lady Novelists”(1856) 287
HERBERT SPENCER (1820–1903)
from “Progress:Its Law and Cause”(1857) 295
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE (1820–1910)
from “Cassandra,”Suggestions for Thought(1860) 305
RICHARD FRANCIS BURTON (1821–90)
from “A Day Amongst the Fans”(1863) 313
LUCIE DUFF GORDON (1821–69)
Letters from Egypt and the Cape (1864,1865) 319
FRANCES POWER COBBE (1822–1904)
from “Woman as a Citizen of the State,”The Duties ofWomen(1881) 325
from Life of Frances Power Cobbe(1894) 329
MATTHEW ARNOLD (1822–88)
from Culture and Anarchy(1869,1875) 337
from “Literature and Science,”Discourses in America(1885) 349
THOMAS HENRY HUXLEY (1825–95)
from “Science and Culture,”address (1880);
inScience and Culture,and Other Essays(1881) 359
from “Agnosticism and Christianity”(1889) 364
DINAH MARIA MULOCK CRAIK (1826–87)
from A Woman’s Thoughts About Women(1857,1858) 371
BARBARA LEIGH SMITH BODICHON (1827–91)
Reasons for the Enfranchisement ofWomen(1866) 377
MARGARET OLIPHANT (1828–97)
from The Autobiography of Mrs M.O.W.Oliphant(1899) 385
WILLIAM MORRIS (1834–96)
from “How We Live and How We Might Live”(1888) 393
WALTER HORATIO PATER (1839–94)
from Studies in the History of the Renaissance(1873) 401
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EDMUND WILLIAM GOSSE (1849–1928)
from Father and Son:A Study of Two Temperaments(1907) 409
MARY ARNOLD [Mrs.Humphry] WARD (1851–1920)
“An Appeal Against Female Suffrage”(1889) 417
OSCAR WILDE (1854–1900)
from “The Soul of Man Under Socialism”(1891) 423
MARY KINGSLEY (1862–1900)
from Travels in West Africa(1897) 439
ARTHUR WILLIAM SYMONS (1865–1945)
from “The Decadent Movement in Literature”(1893) 449
Selected Bibliography 455
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CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE OF CONTENTS
1830
Thomas B.Macaulay,review of Southey’s Colloquies(January) 59
Richard Oastler,“Slavery in Yorkshire”(October) 9
1831
Mary Prince,The History of Mary Prince,A West Indian Slave 1
1832
James P.Kay-Shuttleworth,The Moral and Physical Condition of theWorking Classes
Employed in the Cotton Manufacture in Manchester 107
1833
Thomas Carlyle,Sartor Resartus(1833–4) 21
1839
Sarah Stickney Ellis,The Women of England 53
1843
Thomas Carlyle,Past and Present 28
Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna,The Wrongs ofWoman(1843–4) 13
1844
Robert Chambers,Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation 101
1845
Jane Welsh Carlyle,letters (September) 87
1847
Charlotte Brontë,letters to George Henry Lewes (November) 229
1848
Charlotte Brontë,letters to George Henry Lewes (January) 231
Harriet Martineau,Eastern Life,Present and Past 93
Elizabeth Rigby,review of Vanity Fair,Jane Eyre,and the 1847Report of the
Governesses’Benevolent Institution (December) 175
1849
Henry Mayhew,Labour and the Poor,letter to the Morning Chronicle(October) 189
1850
Albert,Prince Consort,speech at the Mansion House about the ºGreat
Exhibition (March) 279