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101. Ashley MS B304, B316, B317, B320, B351

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS B304, B316, B317, B320, B351
Title:
Letters to T. J. Wise from various correspondents concerning the bibliography of Byron, Hours of Idleness, 1807, English Bards and Scotch Reviewers, 1811 [1816?], Genuine Rejected Addresses, 1812, and the discovery by Sydney Cockerell that an inscription purporting to be by Byron in a copy of English Bards and Scotch Reviewers was forged by De Gibler; 29 April 1912-14 Aug. 1933. [Ashley Library Catalogue, i, p. 145; x, pp. 54, 55; xi, pp. 15, 51].
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Apr 1912-14 Aug 1933
Extent:
5 items

102. Ashley MS A244, 2534

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS A244, 2534
Title:
Two Letters from Robert Browning to Richard Henry Horne; [circa mid-June 1843], 3 Dec. 1848. Printed in T. L. Hood, Letters of Robert Browning Collected by T. J. Wise, 1933, pp. 8, 19-22. Ashley Library Catalogue, i, p. 109; ix, pp. 30-32.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Greek, Modern, Italian, Latin, and Norwegian
Date Range:
1843-1848
Extent:
2 items

103. Ashley MS B768, B781

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS B768, B781
Title:
Two Letters to T. J. Wise from H. F. B. Brett-Smith and Geoffrey Faber, discussing the bibliography of John Gay, The Shepherds Week, 1714, and the authorship of The Banish'd Beauty, attributed by Wise to Gay; 2 April 1924, 16 Nov. 1926. [Ashley Library Catalogue, ii, p. 134; ix, p. 80.]
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1924-1926
Extent:
2 items

104. Ashley MS B1113, B1118

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS B1113, B1118
Title:
Letters (3) from A. K. McIlwraith to T. J. Wise concerning the bibliography of Philip Massinger, The Maid of Honour, The Fatall Dowry, The Bond-Man, The Duke of Millaine, The Renegado, The Roman Actor, The Picture, and The Virgin's Character; 26 March, 29 Oct., 29 Nov.1928. [Ashley Library Catalogue, iii, pp. 124-126.]
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1928
Extent:
2 items

105. Ashley MS B1809, B4322

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

106. Ashley MS A121, B121

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS A121, B121
Title:
Fragments of 'The Sleeping Bard': a translation from the Welsh of Ellis Wynne by George Borrow; [1857-1860?]. The paper of A121, f. 56 is watermarked 1857, but in the preface Borrow speaks of 1830 as the original date of composition. Borrow's translation of 'The Sleeping Bard' was published in 1860. Ashley Library Catalogue, i, p. 46. ;
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1857-1860?]
Extent:
2 items

107. Ashley MS B3711, B4907

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS B3711, B4907
Title:
Two Letters from A. Edward Newton to T. J. Wise, the earlier asking him to forward a note to Mr Ellis saying that he will not be able to have tea with him, the later sending him a copy of Newton's The Format of the English Novel, 1928, and giving details of its production; 8 Jan. 1924, 16 May 1928. [Ashley Library Catalogue, iii, p. 191]. For another letter from Newton to Wise see Ashley MS B4755.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
1924-1928
Extent:
2 items

108. Ashley MS A1431, A1432

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS A1431, A1432
Title:
Letters (3) from W. M. Rossetti to T. J. Wise, chiefly con-cerning Rossetti's Bibliography of the Works of D. G. Rossetti, 1905, and D. G. Rossetti: Classified Lists of His Writings, 1906, and a MS. of D. G. Rossetti's 'Henry the Leper', apparently surreptitiously sold by Wise to an American; 4, 12 Nov. 1905, 20 Aug. 1906. The last is printed in Roger W. Peattie, Selected Letters of William Michael Rossetti, 1990, p. 653. Ashley Library Catalogue, iv, p. 159.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1905-1906
Extent:
2 items

109. Ashley MS A1843, A1844

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS A1843, A1844
Title:
Two Letters from Mrs Disney Leith to T. J. Wise, mentioning her relationship with W. T. Watts-Dunton in his later years, and discussing the bibliography of A. C. Swinburne, Rosamund, Queen of the Lombards, 1899; 25 April and 1 May 1919. Ashley Library Catalogue, vi, pp. 50-51.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1919
Extent:
2 items

110. Ashley MS B1166, B1183

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