LETTERS TO THE PRESS

This is by no means a complete collection of Buchanan’s letters to the Press. These are just the ones I’ve come across, so far. The letters to The Daily Chronicle on the ‘Wandering Jew’ controversy and the extracts of letters to The Star in support of Oscar Wilde are in separate sections of the site.

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1. Walt Whitman - Daily News (March, 1876)

2. The Shadow of the Sword - The Era (April - May, 1882)

3. Rumours of Buchanan’s marriage to Harriett Jay - The Era (April, 1882)

4. Lucy Brandon - The Era (November 1882)

5. Dramatic Criticism (A Sailor and His Lass) - The Era (October - November, 1883)

6. Lady Clare - The Era (December, 1883 - January, 1884)

7. Edmund Yates - The Pall Mall Gazette (April, 1884)

8. Constance - New-York Daily Tribune (November, 1884)

9. The Stage of To-day - New-York Daily Tribune (December, 1884)

10. Alone in London - The Era, The Times and The Pall Mall Gazette (October, 1885 - February, 1887)

11. William Archer (1) - The Era (June - July, 1886)

12. Sophia - The Era and The Stage (October, 1886 - February, 1887)

13. A Look Round Literature - The Pall Mall Gazette (March, 1887)

14. The Novelty Theatre - The Era (August, 1887)

15. Shook and Collier - The Era (March, 1889)

16. Henry Vizetelly - The Pall Mall Gazette (June, 1889)

17. Ibsen (1) - The Pall Mall Gazette (June, 1889)

18. George Moore - The Era (November, 1889)

19. Theodora - The Pall Mall Gazette (November, 1889)

20. William Archer (2) - The Pall Mall Gazette (December, 1889 - January 1890)

21. Marjorie - The Era (January, 1890)

22. The English Rose - The Era and The Theatre (August - September 1890)

23. The Sixth Commandment - The Era (October - November 1890)

24. Ibsen (2) - The Pall Mall Gazette (January, 1891)

25. The Theatre - The (Melbourne) Argus and The Era (November, 1891 - March, 1892)

26. Mr. Heggie - The Pall Mall Gazette (January, 1892)

27. The Case of Rayner and Eggleton - Daily News and The Pall Mall Gazette (March, 1892)

28. How I Write My Plays - The Pall Mall Gazette (September, 1892)

29. The ‘Wandering Jew’ Controversy - The Daily Chronicle (January, 1893)

30. Dick Sheridan - The Era (August - October, 1893)

31. The Charlatan - The Pall Mall Gazette (January, 1894)

32. Publishers - The Leeds Mercury (quote from letter in The Daily Chronicle) (September, 1894)

33. Oscar Wilde - The Star  (April, 1895 - extracts only)

34. The Romance of the Shopwalker - The Era (January - April 1896)

35. The Maiden Queen - The Era (May, 1896)

36. The Wanderer from Venus - The Era (June, 1896)

37. The Mariners of England - The Era (April, 1898)

38. Two Little Maids from School - The Era (November, 1898)

39. Hermann Vezin - The Era (October, 1899)

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