Show Lallah Lallan Rookh Centenary Is the war holding back any poem comparable with Lallah Rookh the the- publication of which was delayed bythe by bythe bythe the Waterloo campaign and took place pinta just a century ago I Perhaps few tew read the famous Oriental Ort Ori ent ff i mance nowadays but but- Moores Moore's reputation when he wrote It was such that he was able to sell It when he had scarce put pen to paper Murray offered 2000 guineas for tor it but tho the poets poet's friends thought this too little and approached Longman stipulating that the time price should be not less than the largest amount ever paid for tor a n poem That said Longman Longman- was the paid for Rokeby and on on that basis a bargain was struck tho the publishers publisher's only stipulation being that Moores Moore's poem should be equal tt to to- Scotts Scott's in length Even so Longman had the best of the tho bargain Seven large editions were sold within a year and a n quarter of a century later Longmans Longmans Longmans Long Long- mans still regarded Lallah Rookh as the cream of copyrights Manches Manches anches Manchester ter Guardian |