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1. Ashley MS A17-5768

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS A17-5768
Title:
Ashley Manuscripts
Scope & Content:
Manuscripts, chiefly literary, collected by Thomas James Wise (1859-1937). Includes poetry manuscripts and the literary correspondence of poets, novelists and critics, c. 1700-1936 (predominantly 1780-1936). The collection was named after the street in which Wise lived when he started acquirin...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Greek, Modern, Italian, Latin, and Norwegian
Date Range:
1700-1936
Extent:

c. 1,971 volumes

2. Ashley MS B1366, B1368, B1384

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS B1366, B1368, B1384
Title:
Letters (5) from Christina Rossetti to Edmund Gosse; Dec. 1875-1 June 1893. In the letters Christina discusses Gosse's review of her Goblin Market, The Prince's Progress, and Other Poems, 1875, and the writing of her article 'Dante the Poet Illustrated out of the Poem', published in the Century Magazine for Feb. 1884 (B1384), and answers questions asked by Gosse (including her intention in Goblin Market and The Prince's Progress) in connection with his article on Christina printed in the Cen...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1875-1893
Extent:
3 items

3. Ashley MS B1977, B4485

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS B1977, B4485
Title:
Two Letters, one (B4485) with envelope, from Stéphane Mallarmé to Edmund Gosse, the earlier giving an account of the writer's activities, the later complimenting Gosse on his novel The Secret of Narcisse, 1892, and discussing Gosse's views on the art of poetry; 16 Dec. 1892 and 10 Jan. 1893. [Ashley Library Catalogue, vii, pp. 32 and 83].
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
1892-1893
Extent:
2 items

4. Ashley MS B3988, A4462 (3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS B3988, A4462 (3)
Title:
Two Letters from James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps to A. C. Swinburne, the earlier praising Swinburne's Songs of the Springtides, 1880, and the later concerning Swinburne's quarrel with F. J. Furnivall; 13 June 1880, 12 Feb. 1881. Ashley Library Catalogue, [v, p. 11], vii, p. 73.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
1880-1881
Extent:
2 items

5. Ashley MS B3751*, B5628

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS B3751*, B5628
Title:
Letters (3) from Georges Lafourcade to T. J. Wise concerning the composition of Swinburne's 'Faustine' (15 July 1927), sending a copy of his translation into French of Swinburne's 'Ave atque Vale' (14 Feb. 1924), and seeking an interview with Wise (3 Dec. 1924). [Ashley Library Catalogue, iv, p. 106 (B3751* only)].
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
1924-1927
Extent:
2 items

6. Ashley MS B2952, B5478

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS B2952, B5478
Title:
Two Letters from Miss Lilian Hallowes, Joseph Conrad's secretary, to T. J. Wise, the earlier sending a copy of Conrad's Laughing Anne, 1923, and the later sending the latest volume of the American Limited Edition [of Conrad's works]; 5 Nov. 1923, 18 March 1924. [Ashley Library Catalogue, viii, p. 124].
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
1923-1924
Extent:
2 items

7. Ashley MS A1907, A4381, 4450, 5277

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS A1907, A4381, 4450, 5277
Title:
'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.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
[1876-1883]
Extent:
4 items

8. Ashley MS A2117, 2135, A4528

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS A2117, 2135, A4528
Title:
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.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
1883-1892
Extent:
3 items

9. Ashley MS 1860, B1860, 1869, A4373, 5259, 5262

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS 1860, B1860, 1869, A4373, 5259, 5262
Title:
'Songs Before Sunrise' by A. C. Swinburne. Autograph drafts and fair copies of poems included in Songs Before Sunrise, 1871. Swinburne composed this collection of political poems under the influence of Mazzini, whom he met for the first time in March 1867. Mazzini had already written to him on 10 March 1867, asking him to 'give us a series of "Lyrics for the Crusade" '. Ashley Library Catalogue, vi, pp. 72-73, 94-95. Except where expressly stated, the MSS. are not dated, entitled or signed. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, and Italian
Date Range:
[1867-1870]
Extent:
6 items

10. Ashley MS A2385, B5424, 5735

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS A2385, B5424, 5735
Title:
'The Bible in Spain' by George Borrow; [1841-1842]. Autograph drafts and fair copies of various passages of the work, together with extraneous material. Ashley Library Catalogue, i, 42-43.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
[1841-1842]
Extent:
3 items