An old man’s diary, forty years ago
by John P. (John Payne) Collier
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4to. pp. [2], iv, 108; pp. [2], ii, 118; pp. [2], ii, 112; pp. viii, 108. Half morocco, four parts in one volume (original wrappers bound in).
Collier’s diary ‘for the first six months of 1832,’ ‘for the last six months of 1832,’ ‘for the first six months of 1833,’ ‘for the last six months of 1833.’ In his preface to the first part, Collier describes the work as consisting of ‘memoranda relating to persons, incidents and papers’ and as including ‘unprinted productions by some of our most distinguished poets, and unknown letters by men whose great names need not be repeated,’ as well as ‘trifles […] of my own.’ For an overview of Collier’s questionable statements relating to literature of major political figures (Lamb, Coleridge, Dickens, et al.), see A. & J. Freeman, John Payne Collier. Scholarship and Forgery in the Nineteenth Century. New Haven, 2004, II, A180.
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