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John Laurence Hornibook; Application to Royal Literary Fund, 1899

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English: John Laurence Hornibrook. B 1861. Authorship. Stories, Novels.

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  1. Application Form Signed J. L. Hornibrook. May 2 1899. Page 1.
  2. Hornibrook to A. Llewelyn Roberts. Apr. 11 1899. Application on Hia Wife's Injury in a Gaa Explosion, and the Failure of a Weekly Magazine'stories'. Page 3.
  3. Hornibrook to the Committee. Apr. 11 1899. Regrets That He Is "Practically Tied down to Writing for Magazines Which Cannot Be Considered'literary' ". Page 5.
  4. F. H. Fisher to the Committee. Apr. 17 1899. (The Literary World) Recommends Hornibrook for Assistance. Page 8.
  5. A. H. Broadwell to the Committee. May 3 1899. (The Strand Magazine) Recommenda Hornibrook for Assistance. Page 9.
  6. Application Form Signed J. L. Hornibrook. Jan. 30 1912. Page 10.
  7. Hornibrook to the Committee. Jan. 30 1912. Application, Having Been "Forced to Abandon Literature and Workfor the Popular Press"
  8. Medical Certificate Signed W. Lauzun-Brown. Dec 16 1911. Page 13.
  9. Anthony H. Hawkins to Roberts. Jan. 2 1912. Report on Hornibrook1s Work. "It Is Very Dull, a Poor Plot, and Baldly Written". Page 14.
  10. Hornibrook to Roberts. Jan. 3 1912. Page 15.
  11. J. A. Hammerton to Roberts. Jan. 17 1912. Recommends Hornibrook for Assistance. Praises His "Most Unusualand Thorough Mastery of the Art of the Short Story". Page 16.
  12. Spencer Lyttelton to Roberts. Jan. 29 1912. Report on Hornibrook's Stories. "The Shorter One, Meant for Children, Is Intensely Conventional, 'Goody-Goody' and Unrelieved by a Spark of Humour. The Other Is a Foolish Story of No Merit or Originalty, Written in Sympathy with the Salvation Army". Page 18.
  13. Hornibrook to Roberts. Jan. 29 1912. Page 20.
  14. Hawkins to Roberts. Feb. 1 1912. Rejects Hornibrook for Literary Merit - "and He Has Written to Me Now Asking Me to Use Any Influence I May Possess in His Behalf!" Page 21.
  15. Claude E. Benson to Roberts. Feb. 1 1912. Recommends Hornibrook for Assistance, "the Best Tutor in Fiction-Writing That I Know". Page 22.
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Source Gale Primary Source; Manuscript Number: 2546; Source Library: World Microfilms
Author Application completed by John Laurence Hornibrook, with supporting documents by a variety of people

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  • its author died before 1954;
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