Letter from Frederic Every to A. C. Swinburne, concerning a pirated reprint of Swinburne's The Commonweal, first published in The Times, 1 July 1886; 13 March 1889. f. 141. Also included (f. 142b) is an imperfect draft reply to Every, in the hand of W. T. Watts[-Dunton], with the word 'yesterday...
1. Letter from A. C. Swinburne to W. T. Watts[-Dunton], concerning his play Locrine, 1887, and George Redway's edition of Swinburne's A Word for the Navy, 1887; 23 July 1887. Printed in C. Y. Lang, Swinburne Letters, v, 1962, pp. 199-200. Ashley Library Catalogue, vi, p. 166. 2. Receipt by A. C...
'The Commonweal': a poem by A. C. Swinburne; 1887. Autograph fair copy of a discarded prose introduction. Ashley Library Catalogue, vi, p. 169. Ballads ENGLISH: Poetry ENGLISH: Algernon Charles Swinburne, poet: Poems and Ballads (Third Series), by Algernon Charles Swinburne: 1889: Autogr. draft...
'A Channel Passage and Other Poems'. 'In Memory of Aurelio Saffi'; 1896. Fair copy, with revisions, written on one side only of a large quarto leaf of blue wove paper. No watermark. The MS. is entitled 'Saffi' in Swinburne's hand. The final text found in the fair copy is identical with that prin...
'Poems and Ballads Third Series'. 'In a Garden'; [1886?]. Fair copy, written on one side only of two octavo leaves of white laid paper. The leaves originally formed a single sheet. Watermark 'J Allen & Sons Super Fine'. The text found in the MS. differs by one word only from that printed on ...
'Algernon's Flogging' and 'Reginald's Flogging Part III': two burlesque poems by A. C. Swinburne; [circa 1885], [before 1888?]. Autograph draft of 'Algernon's Flogging' (ff. 13, 13b), and autograph fair copy of 'Reginald's Flogging Part III' (ff. 14, 14b). The title 'Reginald's Flogging Part III...
Letter from Robert Wiedemann Barrett Browning to W. T. Watts[-Dunton], speaking of A. C. Swinburne's 'Sequence of Sonnets on the Death of Robert Browning', 1890, and his father's opinion of Swinburne; 2 Jan. 1890. Ashley Library Catalogue, vi, p. 177. includes: ff. 15-16 Robert Wiedemann Bar...
'Astrophel and Other Poems'. 'Music: an Ode'; [1891]. Draft, written on one side only of a large quarto leaf of blue wove paper. No watermark. The title 'Music' has been added in pencil by another hand. The final text found in the draft differs by one word only from that printed on pp. 119-120 o...
Two Poems by A. C. Swinburne; after 1860. Apparently unpublished, but printed in Ashley Library Catalogue, vi, pp. 186-187. Autograph drafts, as follows:― 1. Poem beginning 'A noise of the sickles at labour'. f. 19. 2. Poem beginning 'Rhymes that whip the critic rabble'. f. 19b. includes: f....