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Collection Area Western Manuscripts Archive Reference (shelfmark) Ashley MS A17-5768 Language English

1. Ashley MS A1775-7,A1779,B1780-1,A1783-4,A1786-7,1788,A1790,B1792-5,A1796,B1800,B4306,B4307,B4310,5055-6

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS A1775-7,A1779,B1780-1,A1783-4,A1786-7,1788,A1790,B1792-5,A1796,B1800,B4306,B4307,B4310,5055-6
Title:
Letters (31) from Robert Louis Stevenson to Edmund Gosse; 16 April 1879-1 Dec. 1894. A1775, 1776, A1779, 1788, A1790, B1794, B1795, A1796, B1800, B4307, B4310 and 5055, letters II, III, IV, V, VII, VIII, have envelopes. Stevenson and Gosse probably met in 1873 or 1874, and remained on intimate terms until the end of Stevenson's life - indeed, the last letter in this collection (5055, ff. 28-31, of which ff. 28b, 29b-30b are in the hand of his step-daughter, Mrs Isobel Strong) was written onl...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Greek, Modern, and Italian
Date Range:
16 Apr 1879-1 Dec 1894
Extent:
23 items

2. Ashley MS A1385,B1432,A1436,A1440-4,1446,A1636,A1853,A1870,A1871,A1940,B3864,A3889-90,A4206,A5132,B5255

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS A1385,B1432,A1436,A1440-4,1446,A1636,A1853,A1870,A1871,A1940,B3864,A3889-90,A4206,A5132,B5255
Title:
Letters (84) and one postcard from W. M. Rossetti to A. C. Swinburne; 2 Jan. 1866-20 Sept. 1906. Also included are a letter to Swinburne from Lucy Rossetti, [April?] 1876 (1446, ff. 104-105), and a letter from W. M. Rossetti, not to Swinburne, but possibly to J. C. Hotten, 11 Jan. 1867 (1446, f. 18). The letters in 1446, ff. 9-10b, 52, 52b, 102-103b, and 154, 154b, and in A1871 are imperfect. Vol. A IV, f. 33 is not part of the letter on ff. 31-32b, but is the missing portion of the second l...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Greek, Modern, Italian, and Norwegian
Date Range:
2 Jan 1866-20 Sep 1906
Extent:
20 items

3. Ashley MS 23

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS 23
Title:
Scope & Content:
Letter, with envelope, from Matthew Arnold to Edmund Gosse complimenting him on his Life of Thomas Gray, 1882 (in the 'English Men of Letters' series), and discussing the works of Gray, William Collins, Tennyson, etc.; 11 Aug. [1882]. Ashley Library Catalogue, x, p. 4. Octavo; ff. i+3. Matthew...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Aug [1882]
Extent:
1 item

4. Ashley MS 26

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS 26
Title:
Scope & Content:
Letters (6) from Matthew Arnold to A. C. Swinburne, one with envelope; 10 Oct. 1867-26 July [1882?]. Printed, with omissions and some inaccuracies, in C. Y. Lang, Swinburne Letters, i, 1959, pp. 269, 297; iv, pp. 117, 145, 249, 288-289, from the text given in The Times Literary Supplement, 12 Au...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Oct 1867-26 Jul [1882?]
Extent:
1 item

5. Ashley MS 36 (1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS 36 (1)
Title:
Scope & Content:
'The Virgin and the Fool': a parody by Frederick Britten Austin and Lambert Williams of Elinor Glyn, 'The Damsel and the Sage'; 1903: Vol. (1), ff. i+38. Frederick Britten Austin, author: Lambert Williams: Parody, `The Virgin and the Fool', by Lambert Williams and Frederick Britten Austin: 1903...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1903
Extent:
1 item

6. Ashley MS 36 (1)-(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS 36 (1)-(2)
Title:
'The Virgin and the Fool': a parody by Frederick Britten Austin and Lambert Williams of Elinor Glyn, 'The Damsel and the Sage'; 1903. Autograph fair copy, with a few revisions, written on both sides of twenty six leaves of an ocatavo notebook, and on one side only of another (f. 28). At the beginning is a note (f. 1b) by Austin stating that he and Williams shared the composition of the skit, and that the present MS. was copied out by Williams to serve as printer's copy; 36 (2). The MS. is ac...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1903
Extent:
2 items

7. Ashley MS 36 (2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS 36 (2)
Title:
Scope & Content:
'The Virgin and the Fool': a parody by Frederick Britten Austin and Lambert Williams of Elinor Glyn, 'The Damsel and the Sage'; 1903: Vol. (2), ff. i+28. Frederick Britten Austin, author: Lambert Williams: Parody, `The Virgin and the Fool', by Lambert Williams and Frederick Britten Austin: 1903...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1903
Extent:
1 item

8. Ashley MS 51

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS 51
Title:
Scope & Content:
Volume of Verses by Frederick Britten Austin; July 1901-20 May 1926. Autograph fair copies, written on both sides of 58 leaves, and on one side only of two (ff. 2b, 61), of an octavo notebook. On f. 1 the notebook has been signed and dated 'F. Britten Austin 1903' and later inscribed to T. J. Wi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and German
Date Range:
Jul 1901-20 May 1926
Extent:
1 item

9. Ashley MS 69

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS 69
Title:
Scope & Content:
Letters from J. M. Barrie to Edmund Gosse, 11 Nov. 1900-13 Nov. 1900ff. 1-6. Sir Edmund William Gosse, writer: Sir James Matthew Barrie, Baronet; author: Letters to Sir Edmund William Gosse from Sir James Matthew Barrie: 1900.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Nov 1900-13 Nov 1900
Extent:
1 item

10. Ashley MS 70

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS 70
Title:
Scope & Content:
'Shakespeare's Legacy': a playlet for charity by J. M. Barrie; 1916. Autograph fair copy, with revisions, written on one side only of sixteen octavo leaves of cream wove paper. Watermark 'Runnyme[de] Charta'. The MS. is dated at the end 'April 6 1916'. On f. 1 are the title and a list of dramati...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916
Extent:
1 item