MUDIE

Charles Edward (son of Thomas Mudie, second-hand bookseller). b. Cheyne Walk, Chelsea 18 Oct. 1818; a isted his father until 1840; stationer and bookseller at 28 Upper King st. (now Southampton row), Blooms bury; published Poems by James Ru ell Lowell 1844, and R. W. Emerson’s Man thinking, an oration 1844; commenced lending books 1842; removed to 510 New Oxford st. 1852, where he opened a large new hall and library 17 Dec. 1860; established branches in London, Birmingham and Manchester; made over the library to a limited company 1864, in which he held half the shares and remained manager, there were over 25,000 subscribers to his library; member of London school board for Westminster 1870–3; author of Stray Leaves 1872, a vol. of poems, 2 ed. 1872. d. 31 Mares field gardens, Hampstead 28 Oct. 1890. Curwen’s Booksellers (1873) 421–32 portrait ; Cartoon portraits (1873) 72–3 portrait ; I.L.N. 3 Nov. 1890 p. 583 portrait .