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2932. Ashley MS B1189, A1192, A1193, A1196*, B1197, B3672
- 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
2933. Ashley MS B1500, A4004, 5748
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Ashley MS B1500, A4004, 5748
- Title:
- Letters (3) from G. B. Shaw to Clement Shorter; 5 Nov. 1904-16 Sept. 1925. In the letters Shaw sends 'my part of a "real conversation" between you and me' to Shorter, who had wished to interview him (B1500), declines to write a series of articles for the 'Sphere' because he can make more money in the time by writing plays (5748), and expresses his views on ill-health and on Scotland (A4004). For a further letter from Shaw to Shorter see B5019. Ashley Library Catalogue, [v, p. 17]; ix, p. 124.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, French, German, Greek, Modern, and Italian
- Date Range:
- 5 Nov 1904-16 Sep 1925
- Extent:
- 3 items
2934. Ashley MS B1517, B1518, B1521, A1525, A4011
- 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
2935. Ashley MS B1556, B4186
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Ashley MS B1556, B4186
- Title:
- Two Letters from W. E. A. Axon to H. S. Salt, concerning a lecture on 'Shelley's Vegetarianism' that he was to deliver to the Shelley Society; 19 May, 5 June 1890. [Ashley Library Catalogue, v, pp. 59, 140.]
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, French, German, and Greek, Modern
- Date Range:
- 1890
- Extent:
- 2 items
2936. Ashley MS B1648, B1911, A4180
- 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
2937. 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
2938. Ashley MS B1849, A1950
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Ashley MS B1849, A1950
- Title:
- Chastelard: a verse tragedy by A. C. Swinburne; [1860-1863]. Swinburne was working on Chastelard from the beginning of 1860 until October 1863 (see G. Lafourcade, La Jeunesse de Swinburne, ii, 1928, pp. 261-262). Ashley Library Catalogue, vi, pp. [55], 216. Early drafts, apparently of three discarded passages of Chastelard, are included in A1851, ff. 17, 17b. According to Lafourcade, op. cit., ii, pp. 273-274, Wise formerly possessed an autograph synopsis of Chastelard, but this is no longer...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, French, German, and Greek, Modern
- Date Range:
- [1860-1863]
- Extent:
- 2 items
2939. Ashley MS B1862, B2557, B5509
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Ashley MS B1862, B2557, B5509
- Title:
- Two Letters and a post-card (B1862) from Maurice Buxton Forman to T. J. Wise; 19 Feb. 1931-30 Sept. 1934. The letters concern, among other matters, the gift by Forman to Wise of a copy of Ten Letters of Robert Browning concerning Miss Alma Murray, 1929, edited by himself (B2557), Harry Buxton Forman's inscribed copies of A. C. Swinburne, Siena, 1868 and William Morris, Sir Galahad, 1858, both of them Wise forgeries (B1862), and the price of an unidentified book (B5509). [Ashley Library Catal...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, French, German, and Italian
- Date Range:
- 19 Feb 1931-30 Sep 1934
- Extent:
- 3 items
2940. Burney MS
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Burney MS
- Title:
- Burney Manuscripts
- Scope & Content:
- Manuscripts collected by Charles Burney, classical scholar (b 1757, d 1817), primarily relating to classical literature and Christian texts in Greek and Latin. The collection also contains a substantial corpus of notes by Burney and others, and letters and papers of modern scholars.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, French, German, Greek, Ancient, Italian, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 7th century-19th century
- Extent:
- 524 items