Letters (10) and a postcard from John Drinkwater to T. J. Wise; 7 May 1920-9 June 1933. The letters concern, among other matters, the bibliography of John Dryden, Poems, 6th ed. 1794, 1795 (A664), and an inscribed copy of W. S. Landor, Gebir, 2nd ed. (A666), the gift to Wise of a copy of Horace Shipp, Community Playing, with a foreword by Drinkwater (B682), and his offer to sell Wise various Byron, Brontë, and Landor items, together with 'my Verhaeren Poem' (A691). Ashley Library Catalogue, ...
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Ashley MS A1384, A1395, A1445, 1447, A1883, A1935, A3864
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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...
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Ashley MS A1402, A1415, A1418, A1419, B1428, A3851, A3862, A3863
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Letters (18) from Dante Gabriel Rossetti to W. T. Watts[-Dunton], chiefly concerning the production of Rossetti's Ballads and Sonnets, 1881, and Poems, 1881, and in particular the ballad 'The White Ship'; early 1880 to Aug. 1881. It seems more likely that the ballad referred to in A1415 is 'The White Ship' than 'The Bride's Prelude'. Wise had an interest in claiming that it was the latter, as he was trying to prove that the proof of 'The Bride's Prelude' in his possession was a separate issu...
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'Tristram of Lyonesse and other Poems' by A. C. Swinburne. Autograph drafts and fair copies of poems included in Tristram of Lyonesse and other Poems, 1882. Ashley Library Catalogue, vi, pp 146-147, 149-150; vii, pp. 67, 69. Except where expressly stated, the MSS. are not dated, entitled or signed, and the poems were published for the first time in Tristram of Lyonesse and other Poems, 1882, to which page references apply.
'A Channel Passage and Other Poems' by A. C. Swinburne. Autograph drafts and fair copies of poems included in A Channel Passage and Other Poems, 1904. Ashley Library Catalogue, vi, pp. 164-165, 168-170, 178-179, 191, 196, 201-202, 206; vii, p. 54. Except where expressly stated, the MSS. are not dated, entitled or signed, and the poems were published for the first time in A Channel Passage and Other Poems, 1904, to which page references apply. As follows:―
Two Letters from Marjorie Rushforth to T. J. Wise, concerning the bibliography of John Taylor, the Water Poet; 19 April, 18 Nov. 1931. Ashley Library Catalogue, xi, pp. 124, 125.
Idylls of the King by Alfred, Lord Tennyson; [1869]. Autograph drafts of passages from 'The Coming of Arthur', 'Pelleas and Ettarre', and 'The Passing of Arthur', all of which were first published in The Holy Grail and other Poems, 1870 [1869]. Line numbers refer to The Poems of Tennyson, 1969, ed. Christopher Ricks. Ashley Library Catalogue, vii, pp. 110, 111, 130-132.
Letters (3, two, 2135 and A4528, with envelope) from Alfred, Lord Tennyson to W. T. Watts[-Dunton]; 1883-1892. In the letters Tennyson sends a copy of his play Becket, 1884 (A2117), justifies his use of the word 'crow' for the rook in 'Locksley Hall', l. 68 (2l35), and thanks Watts[-Dunton] for a letter (A4528). For another letter from Tennyson to Watts[-Dunton] see A2131. Ashley Library Catalogue, vii, pp. 140-141, 156, 157.
Letters (7) from Hallam, Lord Tennyson, to W. T. Watts[-Dunton]; 1883-1896. The letters chiefly concern Alfred, Lord Tennyson's peerage (A4541, f. 16), J. C. Walters, In Tennyson Land, 1890, and letters from the Tennysons to the Athenæum (A4541, ff. 17-18), the success of The Foresters in America (A2121, A4530), the identity of the 'Pilot' in Alfred Tennyson's 'Crossing the Bar' (2155), and biographies of Alfred Tennyson, including A. Waugh, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, 1892 (the British Museum's ...
Letters (3) from Sir William Watson to T. J. Wise, chiefly concerning the private printing by Wise of Watson's 'Lachrymae Musarum' and 'Shelley's Centenary' (B4187, A4587), and the suggestion by Wise that he might print a longer poem by Watson (A2201); [Nov. 1892?]-13 Jan. [1894?]. Ashley Library Catalogue, [v, p. 141;] vii, pp. 199-200.