Murray's Family Library

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Murray's Family Library was a series of non-fiction works published from 1829 to 1834, by John Murray, in 51 volumes. The series editor was John Gibson Lockhart, who also wrote the first book, a biography of Napoleon. [1] The books were priced at five shillings; [2] Murray's approach, which did not involve part-publication, is considered a fundamentally more conservative business model, and intention, than used by the contemporary library of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. [3]

Contents

Original Library

VolumeYearAuthorTitle
I (2 vols.)1829 [4] John Gibson Lockhart [1] The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte [5]
III1829 [6] John Williams The Life and Actions of Alexander the Great [5] [7]
IV, X, XIII, XIX, XXVII, XXXVIII1829–31 Allan Cunningham [8] Lives of the Most Eminent British Painters, Sculptors and Architects [5] [9]
V, VI and IXVol. V August 1829 [6] Henry Hart Milman [10] The History of the Jews [5]
VII, LI1829 [6] Anonymous (a number of authors; [6] Robert Ferguson) [9] [11] The Natural History of Insects [5]
VIII1829Anonymous (S. Dunham Whitehead) [6] The Court and Camp of Buonaparte [5]
XI1830 [6] Washington Irving The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus (abridged) [5]
XII1830 [6] Robert Southey The Life of Nelson, third edition [5]
XIV1830 [6] Anonymous (William Macmichael and others; memoir of Caleb Hillier Parry by his son W. C. Parry) [6] [12] Lives of Eminent British Physicians [5]
XV, XLVIII, XLIX, L1830 [13] George Robert Gleig The History of British India [5] [9]
XVI1830 [13] Walter Scott Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft [14]
XVII1830 [13] Francis Bond Head Life of Bruce the African Traveller [14]
XVIII1830 [13] IrvingCompanions of Columbus [9]
XX, XXXIIVol. XX 1831 [13] Anonymous, (Edward Smedley) [15] Sketches from Venetian History [9] [16]
XXI1831 [13] Francis Palgrave History of England [9]
XXII, XXXIV, XXXVIIVol. XXII 1831 Patrick Fraser Tytler Lives of Scottish Worthies [9]
XXIII1831Anonymous (John Barrow) [13] Family Tour through South Holland [9]
XXIV1831 [13] David Brewster Life of Sir Isaac Newton [9]
XXV1831 [13] Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet The Eventful History of the Mutiny and Piratical Seizure of HMS Bounty [9]
XXVI (2 vols.)Vol. XXVI December 1831 [13] John James Blunt Reformation in England [9] [17]
XXVIII (3 vols.)1832 [13] John Lander and Richard Lander, editor Alexander Bridport Becher [13] Adventures in the Niger [9]
XXXI1832 [13] Anonymous (Charles Edward Dodd) [13] The Trials of Charles I, and of some of the Regicides [18]
XXXIII1832 [19] BrewsterLetters on Natural Magic [9]
XXXV1832 [19] Sir John Barrow [19] Life of Peter the Great [9]
XXXVI1832 [19] Henry Nelson Coleridge Six Months in the West Indies [9]
XXXIX (2 vols.)1834 [19] Irving [19] Sketch Book [9]
XLI (6 vols.)1834 [19] Alexander Fraser Tytler [19] Universal History [9]
XLVII22 September 1834. [19] Crofton Croker [19] Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland, 2nd edition illustrated by Daniel Maclise [9] [20]

Subsequent additions

In 1834 Murray sold out to Thomas Tegg. [21] Further volumes were added to the Library, under Tegg's management. There was a total of 80 volumes, by 1847. [22]

VolumeYearAuthorTitle
LII Daniel Defoe History of the Plague [9] Notes by E. W. Brayley [22]
LIII (2 vols.)Cyrus R. EdmondsLife and Times of George Washington [9]
LVIrvingKnickerbocker's History of New York [9] [22]
LVI (3 vols.) John Wesley A Compendium of Natural Philosophy [9]
LIX (2 vols.) Philippe-Paul de Ségur Bonaparte's Campaigns in Russia [9]
LXI1837 Richard Alfred Davenport [23] Life of Ali Pasha, of Tepelini [9]
LXII Charles Macfarlane [24] Lives and Exploits of Banditti and Robbers [9]
LXIIIDavenport [23] Sketches of Imposture, Decepture and Credulity [9]
LXIV1838Davenport [23] History of the Bastile [9]
LXV James Francis Hollings Life of Gustavus Adolphus [9]
LXVI Richard Thomson [22] Chronicles of London Bridge [9]
LXVII Charles Bucke Life of John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough [9]
LXVII1839 Thomas Roscoe The Life and Writings of Miguel de Cervantes (1839), based on Martín Fernández de Navarrete. [25] [26]
LXIX1839HollingsCicero's Life [22] [27]
LXX (2 vols.)1840BuckeRuins of Ancient Cities [28] [29]
LXXII1840 William Edmonstoune Aytoun Life and Times of Richard I [22] [30] [31]
LXXIII1840Samuel GreenLife of Mahomet [22] [32] [33]
LXXIV (2 vols.)DavenportNarrative of Perils and Sufferings [22] [34]
(3 vols.)1841 John Chetwode Eustace Classical Tour through Italy, 8th edition [22] [35]
LXXIXDavenportLives of Individuals who have Raised Themselves from Poverty to Eminence or Fortune [36]
LXXX1842Anonymous (William Johnson Neale)History of the Mutiny at Spithead and the Nore [37]

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Notes

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