Archive Reference (shelfmark): Ashley MS A17-5768 / Level: [36] Series - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: Ashley MS B1141, A1149
Title:: Letters (7) from George Meredith to Clement Shorter, chiefly concerning contributions by Meredith to periodicals edited by Shorter; 28 March-30 Oct. 1891, 13 Dec. 1892, 4 Feb. 1900. Also included is a letter from Meredith to Edward Clodd, 9 Dec. 1902 (A1149, ff. 119-120b). Printed in The Letters of George Meredith, ed. C. L. Cline, ii, iii, 1970, pp. 1021, 1022, 1023, 1024, 1046, 1112, 1345, 1472. Ashley Library Catalogue, iii, pp. 135, 139.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1891-1902
Extent:: 2 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Ashley MS B1166, B1183
Title:: Two Receipted Bills to T. J. Wise, one from Bernard Quaritch, the other from Maggs Bros., for £317 and £600 for copies of John Milton, Comus, 1637, and Paradise Lost, 1667, respectively; 15 July 1908, 12 July 1924. [Ashley Library Catalogue, iii, p. 147; viii, p. 163].
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1908-1924
Extent:: 2 items

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

Reference (shelfmark):: Ashley MS B1282, B1287
Title:: Two Letters from H. F. B. Brett-Smith to T. J. Wise, in the earlier sending him copies of his own Selections from Thomas Love Peacock, 1928, and in the later the first collected edition (vol. lvii of Bentley's Standard Novels) of four of Peacock's novels, 'Headlong Hall', 'Nightmare Abbey', 'Maid Marian', and 'Crotchet Castle'; 24 March 1928, 4 Sept. 1930. [Ashley Library Catalogue, xi, p. 96; x, p. 162.]
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1928-1930
Extent:: 2 items

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

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

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

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

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

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

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