James Crossley
Subtitle: a Manchester man of letters
By: Stephen Collins
Series: Remains, historical and literary, connected with the palatine counties of Lancaster and Chester -- 3rd ser., v. 50
Publisher: The Chetham Society
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Manchester
Language: eng
Number of pages: 338
ISBN-13: 9780955427633
Subjects: Biography; Authors; Lawyers
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-316) and index.
Table of contents: title: 'The learned boy,' Halifax, 1800-17; title: Literary aspirations, 1817-22; title: Law, literature and politics, 1822-38; title: The incorportation of Manchester, 1838-43; title: Crossley and Manchester's cultural development, 1838-43; title: The Chetham Society, 1843-83: part 1; title: The Chetham Society, 1843-83: part 2; title: 'The chief literary celebrity of this community:' Crossley and the public libraries of Manchester; title: A loose canon? Crossley and the bibliography of Daniel Defoe; title: The Manchester man of letters; title: Epilogue; title: Appendixes. Crossley's contributions to Notes and Queries ; Guests at the Ainsworth banquet, 1881 ; James Crossley: lines on a favourite cat ; Paintings owned by James Crossley.