Henry Richard Tedder

“ Trübner & Co. and George Redway joined the firm in 1889, and the amalgamation was converted into a limited company under the style of Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., Ltd. They moved into large new premises, called Paternoster House, in Charing Cross Road, in 1891, and for some years the business was prosperous. In 1895 the profits of the publishing firm fell with alarming abruptness, the directors resigned, and the capital was reduced. Paul at the same time lost money as director of the Hansard Printing and Publishing Company, and other enterprises. ”

“ Edward Tinsley died at a little over the age of thirty in 1866 {Athen (mm, 22 Sept. 1866) . In 1868 Tinsley started 'Tinsley's Magazine,' which was for some time edited by Edmund Yates and afterwards by the publisher himself; it continued till 1881. For many years the firm was the chief producer of novels and light literature in London. ”

“ PAUL, CHARLES KEGAN (1828–1902) , author and publisher, son of the Rev. Charles Paul (1802–1861) , by his wife Frances Kegan Home (1802–1848) , was born on 8 March 1828 at White Lackington near Ilminster, Somersetshire, where his father was curate. He was educated first at Ilminster grammar school under the Rev. John Allen and afterwards at Eton, where he entered Dr. Hawtrey's house in 1841. He matriculated at Exeter College, Oxford, in January 1846, and in 1849 made the acquaintance of Charles Kingsley, whose contagious energy greatly impressed him. ”

“ Besides possessing much business capacity Nutt was a lifelong student of folklore and of the Celtic languages, and showed scholarship and power of original research in a number of valuable contributions which he made to both studies. His name will be 'definitely associated with the plea for the msular, Celtic, and popular provenance of the Arthurian cycle' (Folk-lore, 1910, p. 513) . He founded the 'Folk-lore Journal' (afterwards 'Folk-lore') , was one of the earliest members of the Folk-lore Society (1879) , and was elected president in 1897 and 1898. ”

“ In 1866-7 he was London correspondent of the New York 'Round Table' under the signature of 'Q,' and in 1868 he joined the staff of the 'Daily News,' writing the weekly article 'In the Recess' and the dramatic criticisms. He also wrote leading articles, reviews, and descriptive sketches for that newspaper down to 1901. He was the first editor of 'Cassell's Magazine,' in which appeared 'A Fight for Life' (3 vols. 1868) , an excellent novel, which was dramatised. ”

“ He was of middle height and sturdy appearance, of genial and unassuming manners, much interested in his literary, artistic, and antiquarian collections and the pursuance of the duties of country life in Norfolk, where he farmed on a large scale and was known as a breeder of Norfolk polled cattle. ”

“ Some of these were described in 'The Amherst Papyri, being an Account of the Egyptian Papyri in the Collection of Lord Amherst,' by P. E. Newberry (1899, 4to) , and 'The Amherst Papyri, being an Account of the Greek Papyri in the Collection of Lord Amherst of Hackney,' by B. P. Grenfell and A. S. Hunt (1900, 4to) .
He died after a few hours' illness at 23 Queen's Gate Gardens, London, S.W., on 16 Jan. 1909, in his seventy-fourth year, and was buried in the family vault in Didlington churchyard, Norfolk. ”

“ Nutt bravely plunged to the rescue but was unfortunately drowned. His wife, Mrs. M. L. Nutt, who had been his secretary for several years, succeeded him as head of the firm. Two sons survived him.
Nutt also wrote:
'The Aryan Expulsion and Return Formula in the Folk and Hero Tales of the Celts' (Folk-lore Record, vol. iv. 1881) . 'Mabinogion Studies, I. The Mabinogi of Branwen, Daughter of Llyr' (ib. vol. v. 1882) . 'Celtic and Mediæval Romance,' 1899 (Popular Studies, no. 1) . 'Ossian and Ossianic Literature,' 1899 (ib. no. 3) . 'The Fairy Mythology of Shakespeare,' 1900 (ib. no. 6) . ”

“ In 1860 he went into business for himself at 33 King Street, Covent Garden, and in 1871 took into partnership G. M. Green (1841–1872) , who had enjoyed the same training. After the death of Green in 1872 Ellis took the premises, 29 New Bond Street, previously occupied by T. & W. Boone, and carried on a large and successful business, chiefly in old books and MSS. His next partner was David White, who retired in 1884. For many years Ellis was official buyer for the British Museum, which brought him into rivalry with trade opponents in the auction rooms. Mr. ”

“ H. Sutherland Edwards, Personal Recollections, 1900, pp. 134-42 (doubtful accuracy) ; G. A. Sala, Life, 1895, i. 425; E. Yates, Recollections, 1884, ii. 87-88; S. M. Ellis, W. H. Ainsworth and his Friends, 1911, passim. ”

“ Family information; The Tunes, 1 March 1901; Athenæum, 2, 9, and 16 March 1901; Bookseller, 7 March 1901; Note by W. Morris on the Kelmscott Press, with a description by S. C. Cockerell, 1898. See also J. W. Mackail's Life of W. Morris, 1899, 2 vols.; D. G. Rossetti, his family-letters, 1895, 2 vols.; Letters of D. G. Rossetti to W. Allingham, by G. B. Hill, 1897; D. G. Rossetti as designer and writer, notes by W. M. Rossetti, 1889, passim ”