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231. Ashley MS B4224, B4604, B5608

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS B4224, B4604, B5608
Title:
Letters (6) from Newman I. White to T. J. Wise, concerning his proposed monograph on the development of P. B. Shelley's reputation (6 March 1925, 7 Oct. 1928), reprints of articles on Shelley which Wise had asked him to obtain (22 Nov. 1925), introducing a young American scholar, Lewis Patton (7 June 1925), and sending Wise copies of A. Stanley Walker, Peterloo, Shelley and Reform, 1925 (24 March 1926) and of his own American Negro Folk-Songs, 1928 (16 Dec. 1931). These two volumes are now A...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
1925-1931
Extent:
3 items

232. 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 There is in addition mention of Rossetti's unpublished compilation of Shelley biographical material 'Cor Cordium' (1449, ff. 3b, 4, 7-8b, 9b) and of an unfavourable review, which Rossetti believed to be by G. B.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

233. Ashley MS 4417

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS 4417
Title:
Scope & Content:
'In the Twilight': a poem by A. C. Swinburne; 1867. Autograph draft. Ashley Library Catalogue, vi, p. 215. Quarto; ff. i+15. Poetry ENGLISH: Algernon Charles Swinburne, poet: Poem, 'In the Twilight', by Algernon Charles Swinburne: 1867: Autogr. draft.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1867
Extent:
1 item

234. Ashley MS 5751

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS 5751
Title:
Scope & Content:
'Frank Fane: A Ballad of the Birch': a burlesque poem by A. C. Swinburne; circa 1890. Autograph fair copy, written on both sides of two quarto leaves of cream laid paper. No watermark. The poem consists of a series of six parodies on the same theme. Quarto; ff. 2. Satires ENGLISH: Algernon Cha...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1890
Extent:
1 item

235. Ashley MS 5766

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS 5766
Title:
Scope & Content:
'A Poet's Dream' by Walter Savage Landor; circa 1840. Privately printed by T. J. Wise in 1928. Folio; ff. i+1. Walter Savage Landor, d.1864; author: Prose piece, 'A Poet's Dream' by Walter Savage Landor: circa 1840: Autogr. fair copy. Signed.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1840
Extent:
1 item

236. Ashley MS B2259, B2274, B4635, A4637, B4665

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS B2259, B2274, B4635, A4637, B4665
Title:
Letters (5) from Gordon Wordsworth to T. J. Wise; Dec. 1924-29 Oct. 1930. With the exception of A4637 the letters are typewritten and signed. Three of the letters concern the bibliography of An Address To the Yeomanry of Westmorland, 1820 (B2259) and An Address to the Freeholders of the County of Westmorland, 1818 (B4635), both supposedly by William Wordsworth, and of the parody of Wordsworth Benjamin the Waggoner, 1819 (B2274). In B4635 a letter from William Wordsworth to his brother Christ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
1924-1930
Extent:
5 items

237. Ashley MS B2959, B2983, B2984, B4790

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS B2959, B2983, B2984, B4790
Title:
Letters (4) from Richard Curle to T. J. Wise; 3 Oct. 1923-12 July 1930. The letters were chiefly written to accompany copies of various works sent by Curle to Wise, that is to say Joseph Conrad, The "Torrens". A Personal Tribute, 1923 (3 Oct. 1923), Joseph Conrad's Diary of His Journey up the Valley of the Congo in 1890, edited by Curle, 1926 (20 March 1926), Two Essays on Conrad by John Galsworthy With the Story of a Remarkable Friendship By Richard Curle, 1930 (12 July 1930), and A Handlis...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
3 Oct 1923-12 Jul 1930
Extent:
4 items

238. Ashley MS 176

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS 176
Title:
Scope & Content:
'Sir Henry Tunstall': a poem by Patrick Branwell Brontë; 1838. Autograph fair copy, with revisions, written in minute characters on both sides of six octavo leaves of ruled cream wove paper. No watermark. The poem is dated at the beginning 'Bradford July 31st 1838'. First published in A. H. Japp...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1838
Extent:
1 item

239. Ashley MS 1365

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS 1365
Title:
Scope & Content:
'An Apple Gathering': a poem by Christina Rossetti; 23 Nov. 1857. Autograph fair copy, written on both sides of an octavo leaf of ruled white laid paper. No watermark. For futher discussion of the MS. v. 1364 (2). Ashley Library Catalogue, ix, pp. 109-110. Octavo; ff. ii+1. Christina Georgina ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Nov 1857
Extent:
1 item

240. Ashley MS 3399

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS 3399
Title:
Scope & Content:
'Christmas: A Song for Good Fellows, Young & Old': a poem by J. H. Leigh Hunt; [1835-1836?]. Autograph fair copy, with six revisions, written on one side only of three small folio leaves of grey laid paper, and on both sides of a fourth leaf of the same. Ff. 1 and 2 form a bifolium. Watermar...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1835-1836?]
Extent:
1 item