and added, in his saturnine way, "It began to do so
immediately we threw that engraving Jonah overboard!" Yet Jerrold was
glad enough to take advantage of the engraving Jonah's influence the
following year, when Landells, with Herbert Ingram, N. Cooke, T.
Roberts, W. Little, and R. Palmer started the "Illuminated Magazine,"
and installed him as editor at a handsome salary.
The following page from Landells' rather rough-and-ready accounts will
give some idea of how financial matters stood between the parties at the
time of the transfer:--
B. & E. CASH RECD. | B. & E. CASH PAID.
|
L s. d. | L s. d.
|
Accts. 1,278 6 9 |Cash paid to Artists,
Editors, Artists, paid 507 4 6 | Editors, etc. 507 4 6
----------- |B. & E. for printing 605 10 6
771 2 3 |
B. & E. acct. 605 10 6 |
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Balance in hand L165 11 9 |
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E. LANDELLS. | LEMON, COYNE, AND MAYHEW.
|
L s. d. | L s. d.
|
To Engravings 315 4 0 |To Editing 400 0 0
Cash 25 0 0 |1/2 debt 100 0 0
Paid contributions at | ---------
L6. 0. 0 per week 120 0 0 | 300 0 0
--------- |
460 4 0 | 400 0 0
1/2 debt 100 0 0 | 100 0 0
--------- | ---------
360 4 0 | 300 0 0
--------- | 120 0 0
Cash received 57 0 0 | ---------
--------- | 180 0 0
L303 4 0 | 25 0 0
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