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271. Ashley MS B768, B781

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS B768, B781
Title:
Two Letters to T. J. Wise from H. F. B. Brett-Smith and Geoffrey Faber, discussing the bibliography of John Gay, The Shepherds Week, 1714, and the authorship of The Banish'd Beauty, attributed by Wise to Gay; 2 April 1924, 16 Nov. 1926. [Ashley Library Catalogue, ii, p. 134; ix, p. 80.]
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1924-1926
Extent:
2 items

272. Ashley MS B1113, B1118

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS B1113, B1118
Title:
Letters (3) from A. K. McIlwraith to T. J. Wise concerning the bibliography of Philip Massinger, The Maid of Honour, The Fatall Dowry, The Bond-Man, The Duke of Millaine, The Renegado, The Roman Actor, The Picture, and The Virgin's Character; 26 March, 29 Oct., 29 Nov.1928. [Ashley Library Catalogue, iii, pp. 124-126.]
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1928
Extent:
2 items

273. Ashley MS B1809, B4322

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS B1809, B4322
Title:
Letters (3) from Sir Graham Balfour to T. J. Wise, concerning the authenticity of the 1887 edition of Robert Louis and Fanny van de Grift Stevenson, The Hanging Judge; 2 April-1 May 1929. [Ashley Library Catalogue, vi, pp. 12, 14.]
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, and Greek, Modern
Date Range:
2 Apr 1929-1 May 1929
Extent:
2 items

274. Ashley MS 1319

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS 1319
Title:
Scope & Content:
Letter from Alexander Pope to William Fortescue, concerning the illness of Fortescue's daughter, Mrs Spooner; [Dec. 1737]. The letter is endorsed 'X Mr Pope Decr. 1737'. Ashley Library Catalogue, iv, pp. 57-58. Octavo; ff. i+2. Alexander Pope, poet: William Fortescue, KC; Master of the Rolls: ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[Dec 1737]
Extent:
1 item

275. Ashley MS 3099

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS 3099
Title:
Scope & Content:
'The Poetry of Francis Ledwidge': a review by John Drinkwater; 1918. Autograph fair copy, with revisions, written in pencil on one side only of sixteen quarto leaves of white ruled laid paper torn from a pad. No watermark. Entitled as above, and the leaves numbered 1-16, in Drinkwater's hand. Si...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1918
Extent:
1 item

276. Ashley MS 3634

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS 3634
Title:
Scope & Content:
Letter from George Meredith to A. C. Swinburne, warning Swinburne of the unfavourable reception likely to await his forthcoming Poems and Ballads (published 1866); [end of Feb.-early March 1866?]. Printed in C. L. Cline, Letters of George Meredith, i, 1970, pp. 329-330. Ashley Library Catalogue,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1866?
Extent:
1 item

277. Ashley MS 5159

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS 5159
Title:
Scope & Content:
'The Prophecy of Dante': a poem by Lord Byron; [1819-1820]. Auto-graph fair copy, with extensive additions (mostly in the form of notes) and a number of revisions, written on both sides of eight large folio leaves of grey laid paper. Watermark 'VB' below a fleur-de-lys. ff. 1-8b. The MS. is enti...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1819-1820]
Extent:
1 item

278. Ashley MS A121, B121

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS A121, B121
Title:
Fragments of 'The Sleeping Bard': a translation from the Welsh of Ellis Wynne by George Borrow; [1857-1860?]. The paper of A121, f. 56 is watermarked 1857, but in the preface Borrow speaks of 1830 as the original date of composition. Borrow's translation of 'The Sleeping Bard' was published in 1860. Ashley Library Catalogue, i, p. 46. ;
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1857-1860?]
Extent:
2 items

279. Ashley MS A224

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS A224
Title:
Scope & Content:
'Casa Guidi Windows': a poem by Elizabeth Barrett Browning; circa 1848. Autograph fair copy, with revisions in ink and pencil, of Part I, ll. 332-430, written on both sides of two octavo leaves of cream laid paper. No watermark. The text found in the MS. differs in many places from that publishe...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1848
Extent:
1 item

280. Ashley MS A3526

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS A3526
Title:
Scope & Content:
Part of 'King James I and Isaac Casaubon': an Imaginary Conver-sation by Walter Savage Landor; n.d. Ashley Library Catalogue, iii, pp. 66-67. includes: f. 125 Walter Savage Landor, d.1864; author: Prose, 'Imaginary Conversations' by Walter Savage Landor: n.d: Autogr. fragms.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item