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141. Ashley MS 1448, A1852, B4060, B5587

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS 1448, A1852, B4060, B5587
Title:
Letters (91) and a postcard from W. M. Rossetti to T. J. Wise; 8 Jan. 1886-27 March 1913. The greater part of the letters concerns the Shelley Society (1886-1892), of which Wise was Secretary from 1887 and Rossetti Chairman. One of the factors contributing to the downfall of the Society was Wise's extravagant policy of issuing facsimile reprints, and the letters reveal Rossetti's patience and generosity contrasted with Wise's incompetence and duplicity. Another subject which features largely...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Greek, Modern, Italian, and Norwegian
Date Range:
8 Jan 1886-27 Mar 1913
Extent:
4 items

142. Ashley MS 1449

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS 1449
Title:
Scope & Content:
Letters from W. M. Rossetti to F. J. Furnivall, 22 April 1886-26 June 1892Octavo; ff. i+28. includes: ff. 1-28b William Michael Rossetti, author and art critic: Frederick James Furnivall, D Litt.; scholar and editor: Letters to Frederick James Furnivall from William Michael Rossetti: 1886-18...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Apr 1886-26 Jun 1892
Extent:
1 item

143. Ashley MS 1449, A3888

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS 1449, A3888
Title:
Letters (12) and one postcard from W. M. Rossetti to F. J. Furnivall; 22 April 1886-26 June 1892. The letters are almost entirely concerned with the affairs of the Shelley Society (1886-1892), of which Rossetti was Chair-man and Furnivall founder. There is in addition mention of Rossetti's unpublished compilation of Shelley biographical material 'Cor Cordium' (1449, ff. 3b, 4, 7-8b, 9b) and of an unfavourable review, which Rossetti believed to be by G. B. Shaw or Oscar Wilde, of his Life of ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Greek, Modern, and Norwegian
Date Range:
22 Apr 1886-26 Jun 1892
Extent:
2 items

144. Ashley MS 1451

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS 1451
Title:
Scope & Content:
Letterfrom A. C. Swinburne to W. M. Rossetti, concerning the poems of Christina Rossetti and the works of George Eliot; 25 Jan. 1904. Printed in C. Y. Lang, Swinburne Letters, vi, 1962, pp. 176-178. Ashley Library Catalogue, ix, pp. 119-121. Octavo; ff. ii+4. William Michael Rossetti, author a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Jan 1904
Extent:
1 item

145. Ashley MS 1459

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS 1459
Title:
Scope & Content:
Letter from John Ruskin to F. J. Furnivall, on the meaning of certain passages of Scripture; [28 March 1851]. For further letters from Ruskin to Furnivall see A3920. Ashley Library Catalogue, iv, pp. 180-181. Octavo; ff. ii+3. Frederick James Furnivall, D Litt.; scholar and editor: John Ruskin...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[28 Mar 1851]
Extent:
1 item

146. Ashley MS 1461

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS 1461
Title:
Scope & Content:
Algernon Charles Swinburne, poet: John Ruskin, author, artist and social reformer: Letters to Algernon Charles Swinburne from John Ruskin: 1863, 1866.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

147. Ashley MS 1461, 1463

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS 1461, 1463
Title:
Two Letters, the second with envelope, from John Ruskin to A. C. Swinburne, expressing his opinion of the latter's Poems and Ballads, 1866, both before and after publication; 5 July 1863, 9 Sept. 1866. Printed, with errors, in Wise, Ashley Library Catalogue, iv, 1923, pp. 182-183, and, in the case of the later letter, in C. Y. Lang, Swinburne Letters, i, 1959, p. 182. For another letter from Ruskin to Swinburne see A3871. Ashley Library Catalogue, iv, pp. 182-183. Octavo; ff. ii+2 and ii+3.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1863-1866
Extent:
2 items

148. Ashley MS 1463

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS 1463
Title:
Scope & Content:
Algernon Charles Swinburne, poet: John Ruskin, author, artist and social reformer: Letters to Algernon Charles Swinburne from John Ruskin: 1863, 1866.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

149. Ashley MS 1474

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS 1474
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Scope & Content:
'Two Poems' (i.e. 'The Goldsmith' and 'Picture-Show') by Siegfried Sassoon; [1918-1919]. Autograph fair copy, written on one side only of a quarto leaf of grey wove paper. No watermark. Signed 'Siegfried Sassoon'. In the top righthand corner is a note 'from Capt. S. Sassoon. 14 Merton St Oxford....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1918-1919]
Extent:
1 item

150. Ashley MS 1482

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS 1482
Title:
Scope & Content:
Letters from William Bell Scott to various correspondents; Octavo; ff. i+37. includes: ff. 1-10b William Bell Scott, poet and painter: Algernon Charles Swinburne, poet: Letters to Algernon Charles Swinburne from William Bell Scott: 1865-1882.ff. 11-32b William Bell Scott, poet and painter:...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item