The life and correspondence of Sir Anthony Panizzi, K.C.B., Vol. 1 (of 2): Late principal librarian of the British museum, senator of Italy, etc. — John Shaqi
The life and correspondence of Sir Anthony Panizzi, K.C.B., Vol. 1 (of 2): Late principal librarian of the British museum, senator of Italy, etc.Fagan, Louis
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The life and correspondence of Sir Anthony Panizzi, K.C.B., Vol. 1 (of 2): Late principal librarian of the British museum, senator of Italy, etc.
Fagan, Louis
Panizzi, Anthony, Sir, 1797-1879
Reference has been made to the “Westminster Review,” and as that
periodical is easily accessible it is unnecessary to destroy the
reader’s interest by extracting from the article in question.
Meanwhile Foscolo still continued his correspondence with Panizzi,
furnishing him with details of his troubles. Serious differences seem to
have arisen between him and Mr. Pickering, the publisher of his
projected works, whose treatment of him he describes as shameful.
Neither is Mr. Brougham spared; Foscolo had employed him to heal the
breach between Mr. Pickering and himself; and these are the terms in
which he mentions the services rendered:—“Brougham, at first, offered to
take the matter to heart, but allowed it to drop, because I have no
money to carry on the suit. He has acted as a lawyer, and wisely too; I
shall also act wisely by having nothing more to do with him.”
It is somewhat difficult to discover from these words the exact part
Brougham took in the matter. To substantiate the charges brought by
Foscolo against men of acknowledged worth is against our inclination,
nor have we the opportunity of clearly knowing their nature. In writing
a memoir of Panizzi it is but just to remark that, so far as the worthy
publisher is concerned, he entertained the highest opinion of Pickering
up to the last, as a man of taste, of great knowledge, and of
indisputable private worth. These accusations, in all probability
without foundation, possibly created in their recipient’s mind his
before-mentioned suspicion of his friend’s entire trustworthiness, a
suspicion he almost publicly divulged in 1871, when Foscolo’s remains
were about to be removed from Chiswick to a more honourable grave in
Santa Croce, Florence.
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