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741. Ashley MS 5741

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Ashley MS 5741
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Two Letters from J. H. Leigh Hunt to his sister-in-law, Elizabeth Kent, in the earlier (ff. 1-2b) asking for his books, magazines, copy of Elia, needles, thread, penknife etc. etc. to be sent out, in the later (ff. 3-4b) commenting unfavourably on Mary Shelley; 1, 12 Feb. 1825. For another lette...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1825
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1 item

742. Ashley MS A557

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Ashley MS A557
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Letter from John Davidson to Clement Shorter concerning the price to be paid for publication of his poems; 9 Jan. 1895. Ashley Library Catalogue, ii, p. 11. includes: ff. 20-21 Clement King Shorter, journalist and author: John Davidson, poet: Letter to Clement King Shorter from John Davidson...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Jan 1895
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1 item

743. Ashley MS A842

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Ashley MS A842
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Letter from Thomas Hardy to Edward Clodd, mentioning his A Group of Noble Dames, 1891; 3 June 1891. Printed in The Collected Letters of Thomas Hardy, i, 1978, ed. R. L. Purdy and M. Millgate, pp. 236-237. Ashley Library Catalogue, x, p. 122. includes: ff. 51-51b Edward Clodd, banker and auth...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Jun 1891
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1 item

744. Ashley MS A987

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Ashley MS A987
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Letter from Mrs Rudyard Kipling to Hugo Vallentin, sending him a copy of Kipling's Schoolboy Lyrics, 1881; 29 Aug. 1908. Ashley Library Catalogue, iii, pp. 31-32. includes: ff. 99, 100, 100b Hugo Ferdinand Vallentin, Swedish writer: Caroline Starr Kipling, wife of Rudyard Kipling: Letter to ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Aug 1908
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1 item

745. Ashley MS A1900

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Ashley MS A1900
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Letter from A. C. Swinburne to W. T. Watts[-Dunton], announcing the completion of his A Study of Shakespeare, published in 1880; 27 Aug. 1879. Also included (f. 75) is the autograph fair copy of a prose passage on the subject of Shakespeare, beginning 'The heat of our senses', and written on one...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Aug 1879
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1 item

746. Ashley MS A1969

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Ashley MS A1969
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Letter from Sir Henry Taylor to A. C. Swinburne, thanking him for his letter printed in the Academy for 29 Jan. 1876 protesting against an abusive review of Taylor's lyrical work; 2 Feb. 1876. Ashley Library Catalogue, vii, pp. 25-26. includes: ff. 145-147 Sir Henry Taylor, KCMG; Colonial Of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Feb 1876
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1 item

747. Ashley MS A2562

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Ashley MS A2562
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Account of the funeral of Robert Browning in Westminster Abbey by Edmund Gosse, written on one side only of two quarto leaves of ruled brown wove paper; 31 Dec. 1889. The account is printed, with the omission of the first sentence, in Ashley Library Catalogue, x, p. 31. includes: ff. 127, 128 ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Dec 1889
Extent:
1 item

748. Ashley MS A3412

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Ashley MS A3412
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Letter from Lionel Johnson to Edmund Gosse, expressing admiration for W. B. Yeats, and speaking of the poet's latest work, The Celtic Twilight, 1893; 29 Dec. 1893. Ashley Library Catalogue, x, p. 138. includes: ff. 111, 111b Sir Edmund William Gosse, writer: Lionel Pigot Johnson, critic and ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Dec 1893
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1 item

749. Ashley MS A4144

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Ashley MS A4144
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Letters (3) from John Cordy Jeaffreson to T. J. Wise, concerning the possible acquisition by Wise from the children of Leigh Hunt of certain letters of P. B. Shelley and Mary Shelley to Hunt and Mrs Hunt respectively; 19 April, 10 June, 9 July 1888. Such letters as can be identified were printed...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1888
Extent:
1 item

750. Ashley MS A4172

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Ashley MS A4172
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Letter from Joseph Bickersteth Mayor to T. J. Wise, declining to write on the subject of Shelley before the next year at the earliest; 5 Oct. 1889. Ashley Library Catalogue, v, p. 138. includes: f. 188 Joseph Bickersteth Mayor: Thomas James Wise, book collector: Letter to Thomas James Wise f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Oct 1889
Extent:
1 item