1894 Periodical Publications
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1894 Periodical Publications
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12 January 1894
Daily Chronicle
“Literary Freedom”
Letter on Henry Vizetelly trial; answered 13 January 1894 by William Alexander Coote, secretary of the National Vigilance Society.
13 January 1894
The Speaker
“The New Gallery”
16 January 1894
Daily Chronicle
“Literary Freedom”
Letter in reply to Coote’s letter of 13 January; in turn answered by Coote 18 January 1894.
20 January 1894
The Speaker
“The New Gallery”
24 January 1894
The Sketch
“An Episode in Bachelor Life”
Short story, reprinted in In Minor Keys (A68).
27 January 1894
The Speaker
“The Grafton Gallery”
1 February 1894
English Illustrated Magazine
“My Impressions of Zola”
Rewritten for the revised edition of Impressions and Opinions (A15 b); and retitled “A Visit to Medan” for inclusion in the enlarged edition of Confessions of a Young Man (A12-2d2).
3 February 1894
The Speaker
“The Genius of Japan”
A portion of second installment reprinted as “Some Japanese Prints” in the enlarged edition of Modern Painting (A17-b).
10 February 1894
The Speaker
“The Genius of Japan”
A portion of second installment reprinted as “Some Japanese Prints” in the enlarged edition of Modern Painting (A17-b).
21 February 1894
The Sketch
“An Episode in Married Life”
Short story, reprinted in In Minor Keys (A68).
3 March 1894
The Speaker
“Mr. Steer’s Exhibition”
Reprinted in enlarged edition of Modern Painting (A17-b). A paragraph of the article reprinted as “Children Paddling” in Appendix F of Life, Work and Setting of Philip Wilson Steer by D.S. MacColl, London, 1945
17 March 1894
The Speaker
“M. Duret’s Collection”
31 March 1894
Pall Mall Gazette
“Spring in London”
Revised from “London in April” in the Hawk, 15 April 1890; again revised and incorporated in “Moods and Memories I” in Dana, May 1904, and Lippincott’s Magazine, June 1904; and revised as “Spring in London” in Memoirs of My Dead Life (A29).
5 April 1894
Pall Mall Budget
“Spring in London”
Revised from “London in April” in the Hawk, 15 April 1890; again revised and incorporated in “Moods and Memories I” in Dana, May 1904, and Lippincott’s Magazine, June 1904; and revised as “Spring in London” in Memoirs of My Dead Life (A29).
14 April 1894
The Speaker
“The New English Art Club”
16 April 1894
The Yellow Book
“The Fool’s Hour”
‘The First Act of a Comedy by John Oliver Hobbes and George Moore. reprinted in The Yellow Book: A Selection, compiled by Norman Denny, London, [1949]; and New York, 1950. Hobbes was the pen name of Mrs. Pearl Craigie, who appears as “Agate” (a character in “Lui et Elles”) in three editions of Memoirs of My Dead Life (A29-d, A29-2d, and A29-3d). GM and Mrs. Craigie also collaborated on two other plays, Journeys End in Lovers Meeting (B11) and an early version of Elizabeth Cooper (A33).
3 May 1894
Daily Chronicle
“The Boycott of ‘Esther Waters.’ What Mr. George Moore Says.”
Interview with direct quotations regarding the banning of the book by W.H. Smith & Son. On 1 May 1894 there had been a letter, “Esther Waters and the Circulating Libraries” by A. Conan Doyle, and the following day an interview with William Faux, “The Position of Messrs Smith & Son.”
4 May 1894
Daily Chronicle
“The Boycotted Book”
Letter, dated 3 May 1894, thanking Doyle and others for their letters and answering points raised by Faux in his interview defending Smith’s action in refusing to circulate Esther Waters (A19).
5 May 1894
The Speaker
“The Royal Academy”
12 May 1894
The Speaker
“The New Gallery”
11 June 1894
Pall Mall Gazette
“Mr George Moore’s Reply to Mr Faux.”
This unseen article or letter, in response to “Mr George Moore’s Banned Book” in the Pall Mall Gazette (9 June 1894, page 3), was reported by ChatGPT based on inferences the AI made from analysis of other documents; neither ChatGPT nor I was able to find an extant copy of the item. The item may have appeared in an evening edition only, not in the edition archived in the British Library.
2 September 1894
New York Tribune
“On Making Studies”
Extensive quotations from an unlocated interview with GM in an unidentified paper.
1 December 1894
Modern Art
“Puvis de Chavannes an ideal wall painting”
Winter number. Excerpt from Modern Painting (A17).
1 December 1894
Modern Art
“Mr. Moore’s opinion of Whistler”
Winter number. Excerpt from Modern Painting (A17).
22 December 1894
Saturday Review
“Some Amateur Water Colours”
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