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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Ashley MS A17-5768 Language Latin Material Type Archives and Manuscripts

1. 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

2. Ashley MS 270, A1875, B3559

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS 270, A1875, B3559
Title:
Letters (3) from Robert Browning to A. C. Swinburne; 8 June 1869-5 Feb. 1881. With the exception of B3559 which deals chiefly with the publication of John Forster, Walter Savage Landor, 1869, the letters are printed in T. L. Hood, Letters of Robert Browning Collected by T. J. Wise, 1933. Ashley Library Catalogue, i, p. 126; iii, p. 95; [vi, pp. 107-108].
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Greek, Modern, Italian, Latin, and Norwegian
Date Range:
8 Jun 1869-5 Feb 1881
Extent:
3 items

3. Ashley MS 394, 2819 (1)-(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS 394, 2819 (1)-(4)
Title:
Five Diaries of Clara Mary Jane Clairmont; 14 Aug. - 9 Nov. 1814, 19 Jan. - 22 April 1818, 7 March 1819 - 1 Aug. 1820, 5 Aug. 1820 - 20 Sept. 1822, 24 May 1825 - 2 Jan. 1826. The diaries cover the period of P. B. Shelley's and Mary Godwin's elopement, accompanied by Claire, as she called herself, their residence in London, their departure for Italy, and residence there. Unfortunately there is a gap covering the period of Shelley's death. There are many references to Byron. The latest diary w...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Greek, Modern, Italian, Latin, and Norwegian
Date Range:
1814-1826
Extent:
1 item

4. 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

5. Ashley MS 931

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS 931
Title:
Scope & Content:
Two Letters, one with front of envelope, from Lionel Johnson to Edmund Gosse; [3 July 1886], 24 Feb. 1895. The earlier letter was written from Winchester College, and in it Johnson answers criticisms of his poetry made by Gosse, and states his aims. In the later letter he describes the divisions...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1886-1895
Extent:
1 item

6. 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

7. Ashley MS A36, B39, B42, B44, B51, B57, B2277, B3652

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS A36, B39, B42, B44, B51, B57, B2277, B3652
Title:
Letters (8) from Frederick Britten Austin to T. J. Wise; 3 June 1927-27 March 1935. The letters concern Ashley MS. 36 (A36, B44), Ashley MS. 51 (B51), Austin's Told in the Market Place, 1935 (B57), the price of George Meredith first editions (B3652), and the fact that Some Wordsworth Finds? Arranged and Introduced by James Medborough, 1895, was, unknown to Wise, a hoax by T. W. H. Crosland (B2277). For further letters from Austin to Wise, see 4685, 4686. Ashley Library Catalogue, ix, pp. 6-7...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Greek, Modern, Italian, Latin, and Norwegian
Date Range:
3 Jun 1927-27 Mar 1935
Extent:
8 items

8. Ashley MS A61, A62, A63, B65, A66, B68, 69, B2336, B4689, B4690, B4692

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS A61, A62, A63, B65, A66, B68, 69, B2336, B4689, B4690, B4692
Title:
Letters (12) from J. M. Barrie to Edmund Gosse containing, among other matters, congratulations to Gosse on his appointment as Librarian of the House of Lords (A66), a reference to Peter Davies's first production as a publisher (A63), and a request for help in securing a second grant from the Royal Literary Fund for Robert Buchanan, the calumniator of Swinburne and Rossetti (69); 8 Nov. 1892-11 Nov. 1925. A61, A63, B65, and B4689 are written with the left hand. A62, A66, B65, B68, both lette...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Greek, Modern, Italian, Latin, and Norwegian
Date Range:
8 Nov 1892-11 Nov 1925
Extent:
11 items

9. Ashley MS A117, A118, 2388

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS A117, A118, 2388
Title:
'Lavengro' by George Borrow; [1843-1848]. Autograph drafts of various portions of the work, together with extraneous material. Page references are to the first edition of 1851. Ashley Library Catalogue, i, pp. 44-45. As follows:
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Greek, Modern, Italian, Latin, and Norwegian
Date Range:
[1843-1848]
Extent:
3 items

10. Ashley MS A120, 2417

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS A120, 2417
Title:
'The Romany Rye' by George Borrow; [1852?]-[1857]. Autograph drafts of various portions of the work, together with extraneous material. Ashley Library Catalogue, i, pp. 45-46, 63. As follows:
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Greek, Modern, Italian, Latin, and Norwegian
Date Range:
[1852?]-[1857]
Extent:
2 items