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42. Ashley MS B642, B2159
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Ashley MS B642, B2159
- Title:
- Two Letters from Charles Plumtre Johnson to T. J. Wise, concerning the bibliography of George Borrow, and thanking for a gift; 5, 7 Nov. 1913. [Ashley Library Catalogue, ii, p. 46; vii, p. 170.]
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, French, German, Greek, Modern, Italian, Latin, and Norwegian
- Date Range:
- Nov 1913
- Extent:
- 2 items
43. Ashley MS 906, 907, 4855
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Ashley MS 906, 907, 4855
- Title:
- 'The Story Of Rimini': a poem by J. H. Leigh Hunt; [1811-1816?]. 906 is an autograph fair copy, with pencil comments by Lord Byron, and occasional corrections by Hunt, of portions of Cantos II and III, written on one side only of thirty octavo leaves of white wove paper, and on both sides of another (f. 1). Watermark (ff. 1-21) 'J Green / 1814'. In a note on f. 4 of this MS. Hunt states that Canto II and a small part of Canto III were composed while he was in prison [3 Feb. 1813-3 Feb. 1815]...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, French, German, Greek, Modern, Italian, Latin, and Norwegian
- Date Range:
- [1811-1816?]
- Extent:
- 3 items
44. Ashley MS B194, B2454
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Ashley MS B194, B2454
- Title:
- Two Letters from George Edwin MacLean to T. J. Wise, the earlier sending a copy of his article 'Unpublished Essays in Novel Writing by Charlotte Brontë' reprinted from the Publications of the Brontë Society, xxvi, 1916, and the later a copy of Charlotte Brontë, Lament befitting these 'Times of Night', 1916, edited by MacLean and reprinted from the Cornhill Magazine for August 1916; 26 June, 21 Sept. 1916. [Ashley Library Catalogue, i, pp. 79, 87].
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, French, German, Greek, Modern, Italian, Latin, and Norwegian
- Date Range:
- 1916
- Extent:
- 2 items
45. Ashley MS 71, B2335, A4688, B4691
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Ashley MS 71, B2335, A4688, B4691
- Title:
- Letters (8) from J. M. Barrie to Clement Shorter, three with envelopes; 27 Jan. 1900-1 Sept. 1924. One letter (B4691) concerns Barrie's authorship of a short story 'A Lady's Shoe', but the others are chiefly excuses for refusing invitations from Shorter. For a further letter from Barrie to Shorter see 5750. Ashley Library Catalogue, i, p. 16; [viii, p. 53]; ix, p. 11. MS. 71 is octavo; ff. i+10.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, French, German, Greek, Modern, Italian, Latin, and Norwegian
- Date Range:
- 27 Jan 1900-1 Sep 1924
- Extent:
- 4 items
46. Ashley MS B410, B413, B2879
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Ashley MS B410, B413, B2879
- Title:
- Letters (5) from Ernest Hartley Coleridge to T. J. Wise; 1903-1913. The letters concern the bibliography of S. T. Coleridge and (28 March 1903) E. H. Coleridge's edition of Byron. [Ashley Library Catalogue, i, pp. 199, 202, 221].
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, French, German, Greek, Modern, Italian, Latin, and Norwegian
- Date Range:
- 1903-1913
- Extent:
- 3 items
47. Ashley MS A1402, A1415, A1418, A1419, B1428, A3851, A3862, A3863
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Ashley MS A1402, A1415, A1418, A1419, B1428, A3851, A3862, A3863
- Title:
- 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...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, French, German, Greek, Modern, Italian, and Norwegian
- Date Range:
- 1871-1881
- Extent:
- 8 items
48. 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
49. Ashley MS B502, B503, B504, B2922, B2923, B2924
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Ashley MS B502, B503, B504, B2922, B2923, B2924
- Title:
- Letters (8), one with envelope, from Joseph Conrad to C. K. Shorter, mentioning, among other matters, his Suspense (B502), his suppressed Preface to The Nigger of the Narcissus (B2922), his One day more (B2923), Well Done! (B2924), and articles on the 'Titanic'; 31 December 1916-5 August 1922, n.d. [Ashley Library Catalogue, i, pp. 234, 241, 242; viii, pp. 128, 129].
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, French, German, Greek, Modern, Italian, Latin, and Norwegian
- Date Range:
- 31 Dec 1916-5 Aug 1922
- Extent:
- 6 items
50. Ashley MS A2283, A2284, A2285, A2287, 2288, B2290*, A4677, B5658
- 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