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721. Ashley MS 282

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Ashley MS 282
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Letter from Thomas Hardy to Edmund Gosse, discussing the character of Robert Browning; 6 March 1899. Printed in The Collected Letters of Thomas Hardy, ii, 1980, ed. R. L. Purdy and M. Millgate, pp. 216-217. Ashley Library Catalogue, x, p. 31. Octavo; ff. ii+2. Thomas Hardy, OM; novelist: Rober...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Mar 1899
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1 item

722. Ashley MS 3639

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Ashley MS 3639
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Letter, with envelope, from George Meredith to Edmund Gosse, describing a visit from Thomas Hardy and commenting on Hardy's The Dynasts; 2 July 1905. Printed in C. L. Cline, Letters of George Meredith, iii, 1970, pp. 1529-1530. Ashley Library Catalogue, x, p. 151. Quarto; ff. i+2. Edward Gosse...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Jul 1905
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1 item

723. Ashley MS 4022

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Ashley MS 4022
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Two Letters from Mary Shelley to Jane Hogg, formerly Williams, the earlier (ff. 1-2b) chiefly concerning Mary's discovery that Jane had been spreading scandalous rumours about her, the later chiefly concerned with a request that Jane would see to the removal of Mary's furniture from the house of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1828-1843
Extent:
1 item

724. Ashley MS 5036

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Ashley MS 5036
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Letters (3) from Mrs Jefferson Hogg [formerly Jane Williams] to Claire Clairmont, concerning Mrs Hogg's daughter Dina Hunt and her financial affairs, other members of her family, and relations between herself, Claire Clairmont and Thomas Love Peacock; 4 Sept. 1843 (ff. 1-2b), 12 July 1852 (ff. 3...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1843-1863
Extent:
1 item

725. Ashley MS 5162

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Ashley MS 5162
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Letter from Lord Byron to John Murray, comparing Keats' poetry to Samuel Solomon's 'Guide to Health'; 18 Nov. 1820. Printed in Marchand, op. cit., vol. vii, 1977, pp. 228-229. Ashley Library Catalogue, xi, p. 39. Folio; ff. viii+2. John Murray, publisher; d.1843: John Keats, poet: George Gordo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Nov 1820
Extent:
1 item

726. Ashley MS 5740

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Ashley MS 5740
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Letter from Thomas Hardy to Edmund Gosse, enclosing violets from Keats' grave; 31 March 1887. Printed in The Collected Letters of Thomas Hardy, i, 1978, ed. R. L. Purdy and M. Millgate, p. 163. Quarto; ff. i+5. Thomas Hardy, OM; novelist: John Keats, poet: Sir Edmund William Gosse, writer: Le...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Mar 1887
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1 item

727. Ashley MS 5764

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Ashley MS 5764
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Letters from John Addington Symonds to R. L. Stevenson and his wife; 1881-1885. Quarto; ff. ii+19. includes: ff. 1-11b, 18-19 John Addington Symonds, author: Robert Louis Stevenson, writer: Letters to Robert Louis Stevenson from John Addington Symonds: 1881-1885.ff. 12-17b John Addington ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1881-1885
Extent:
1 item

728. Ashley MS A807

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Ashley MS A807
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Letter from Edmund Gosse to W. T. Watts-Dunton, explaining the intention of the writer's 'little novel' The Secret of Narcisse, 1892; 14 May 1901. Ashley Library Catalogue, ii, p. 153. includes: ff. 49-50b Sir Edmund William Gosse, writer: Walter Theodore Watts-Dunton, formerly Watts; critic...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 May 1901
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1 item

729. Ashley MS A1417

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Ashley MS A1417
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Letter from D. G. Rossetti to W. T. Watts[-Dunton], mentioning among other matters that he has made 'a decidedly successful start' to his painting 'The Blessed Damozel'; [11 Nov. 1875]. Ashley Library Catalogue, iv, p. 144. includes: ff. 50-51b Walter Theodore Watts-Dunton, formerly Watts; c...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[11 Nov 1875]
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1 item

730. Ashley MS A1541

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Ashley MS A1541
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Letter from Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley to Claire Clairmont, asking her to transmit to Mrs Larkins the £20 sent by Alexander Berry; 26 Aug. [1840]. Ashley Library Catalogue, v, pp. 44-45. includes: ff. 119, 119b Clara Mary Jane Clairmont, mistress of Lord Byron: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Aug [1840]
Extent:
1 item