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Reference (shelfmark):: Ashley MS A2283, A2284, A2285, A2287, 2288, B2290*, A4677, B5658
Title:: Letters (13) from W. B. Yeats to C. K. Shorter; after March 1896-30 Oct. 1918. One of the letters (A4677) is in the hand of an amanuensis. The letter of 17 May 1918 is accompanied by an envelope (2288, f. 14). The letters chiefly concern Yeats's refusal to write a poem on a subject suggested by Shorter (2288, ff. 1, 2), an invitation to one of Yeats's 'Monday evenings' (B5658), the agreement with his publisher Unwin (2288, ff. 3-6), The Shadowy Waters (2288, ff. 3-6), the 'Irish Literary The...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, and Italian
Date Range:: after Mar 1896-30 Oct 1918
Extent:: 8 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Ashley MS A1384, A1395, A1445, 1447, A1883, A1935, A3864
Title:: Letters (34), one postcard and one letter-card from W. M. Rossetti to W. T. Watts[-Dunton]; 3 April [1876 or 1879?]- 15 April 1910. The letters reflect Watts-Dunton's career as solicitor turned man of letters, adviser on practical matters to the Rossetti's, and guardian of Swinburne. Among the subjects on which his advice is sought are the libel case R. H. Shepherd v. The Athenæum, arising out of a review contributed by W. M. Rossetti to the issue of 14 Sept. 1878, in which he described Shep...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, German, Greek, Modern, Italian, and Norwegian
Date Range:: 1876-1910
Extent:: 7 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Ashley MS A4376
Title:
Scope & Content:: Two Letters from Auguste Vacquerie to A. C. Swinburne, the earlier (ff. 95-96) concerning Vacquerie's Formosa, 1883, and François Victor Hugo's translation of Shakespeare into French, the later R. H. Shepherd's Bibliography of Swinburne, 1883, and Swinburne's subscription towards a statue in hon...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French
Date Range:: 1883
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Ashley MS B1189, A1192, A1193, A1196*, B1197, B3672
Title:: Letters (6) from George Moore to Edmund Gosse; 8 June [1895]-28 March 1917. In the letters Moore discusses his Mildred Lanson and Esther Waters, 1894 (B1189), asks for Gosse's advice on a point of doctrine of the Plymouth Brethren in connection with the revision of p. 147 of Esther Waters for a new edition (A1192), explains the significance of Evelyn Innes, 1898 (A1193), discusses an article by Gosse on Hérédia (A1196*), and asks him to point out any printer's errors he may have noticed in M...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, German, Greek, Modern, Italian, and Norwegian
Date Range:: 8 Jun [1895]-28 Mar 1917
Extent:: 6 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Ashley MS B509, B2945, B2955
Title:: Letters (5) from Jessie Conrad to T. J. Wise, concerning the death of Joseph Conrad (2 Sept. 1924), sending a copy of 'this little preface [by Joseph Conrad] to the Cookery Book' (14 Oct. 1921), and sending a book and a pamphlet (15, 19, 21 Oct. 1925); 14 October 1921-21 October 1925. [Ashley Library Catalogue, i, p. 256; viii, pp. 127, 131].
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, German, Greek, Modern, Italian, Latin, and Norwegian
Date Range:: 14 Oct 1921-21 Oct 1925
Extent:: 3 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Ashley MS B1648, B1911, A4180
Title:: Letters (4) from H. S. Salt to T. J. Wise as Secretary of the Shelley Society, concerning Salt's A Shelley Primer, 1887 (B1911), Percy Bysshe Shelley A Monograph, 1888 (B1648), and An Examination of Hogg's Life of Shelley, 1889 (A4180); 5 Jan. 1887-28 July 1889. Ashley Library Catalogue, v, [pp. 137], 139; [vi, p. 157.]
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, German, and Greek, Modern
Date Range:: 5 Jan 1887-28 Jul 1889
Extent:: 3 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Ashley MS B1517, B1518, B1521, A1525, A4011
Title:: Two Letters and two postcards from G. B. Shaw to T. J. Wise, and one letter to Wise from Blanche Patch, Shaw's secretary (B1521); 7 Nov. 1916-13 July 1933. The letters chiefly concern George Borrow (B1518), the bibliography of Shaw's Heartbreak House (published 1919. See F. E. Loewenstein, The Rehearsal Copies of Bernard Shaw's Plays, 1950) (B1517, B1521), bibliographies of Shaw's works (A1525), and the correspondence of Shaw with Ellen Terry (A4011) (for Ellen Terry's letters see Add. MSS. ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, German, and Greek, Modern
Date Range:: 7 Nov 1916-13 Jul 1933
Extent:: 5 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Ashley MS A248, A277, A2531, A2540, B2551
Title:: Letters (5) from Robert Browning to F. J. Furnivall; 15 Sept. 1881-13 Dec. 1886. Printed in T. L. Hood, Letters of Robert Browning Collected by T. J. Wise, 1933. In the letter of 15 Sept. 1881 where Browning discusses the metre of 'Hervé Riel' and 'A Toccata of Galuppi's' Hood has not printed the marks of scansion which Browning wrote above his examples. Ashley Library Catalogue, i, pp. 112, 115, 129, 130, 134. For further letters from Browning to Furnivall see A2527, 2542, A2549.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, German, Greek, Modern, Italian, Latin, and Norwegian
Date Range:: 15 Sep 1881-13 Dec 1886
Extent:: 5 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Ashley MS B238, B252, B253, B2533, B3562, 5714
Title:: Letters (6) from Robert Browning to Edmund Gosse; 19 Aug. 1876-23 Feb. 1888. Printed in T. L. Hood, Letters of Robert Browning Collected by T. J. Wise, 1933, with the exception of B252. Ashley Library Catalogue, [i, pp. 107, 117, 118;] iii, p. 95.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, German, Greek, Modern, Italian, Latin, and Norwegian
Date Range:: 19 Aug 1876-23 Feb 1888
Extent:: 6 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Ashley MS A1775-7,A1779,B1780-1,A1783-4,A1786-7,1788,A1790,B1792-5,A1796,B1800,B4306,B4307,B4310,5055-6
Title:: Letters (31) from Robert Louis Stevenson to Edmund Gosse; 16 April 1879-1 Dec. 1894. A1775, 1776, A1779, 1788, A1790, B1794, B1795, A1796, B1800, B4307, B4310 and 5055, letters II, III, IV, V, VII, VIII, have envelopes. Stevenson and Gosse probably met in 1873 or 1874, and remained on intimate terms until the end of Stevenson's life - indeed, the last letter in this collection (5055, ff. 28-31, of which ff. 28b, 29b-30b are in the hand of his step-daughter, Mrs Isobel Strong) was written onl...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, German, Greek, Modern, and Italian
Date Range:: 16 Apr 1879-1 Dec 1894
Extent:: 23 items

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