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032-001978147 Level [36] Series

121. 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

122. Ashley MS B1282, B1287

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

123. 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

124. 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

125. 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

126. Ashley MS A4160, A4179

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS A4160, A4179
Title:
Two Letters from Dr. John Todhunter to T. J. Wise, the earlier (ff. 181-182b) refusing Wise's offer to print his paper given to the Shelley Society, 'Notes on Shelley's Unfinished Poem "The Triumph of Life"', as a pamphlet, since the paper was only of ephemeral worth (Wise nonetheless printed it for Private Circulation in 1887), the later hoping that he will not have influenza the night he is meant to address the society; 15 Feb. 1887, 6 Jan. 1890. Ashley Library Catalogue, v, pp. 133, 139.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1887-1890
Extent:
2 items

127. Ashley MS A1384, A1395, A1445, 1447, A1883, A1935, A3864

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS A1384, A1395, A1445, 1447, A1883, A1935, A3864
Title:
Letters (34), one postcard and one letter-card from W. M. Rossetti to W. T. Watts[-Dunton]; 3 April [1876 or 1879?]- 15 April 1910. The letters reflect Watts-Dunton's career as solicitor turned man of letters, adviser on practical matters to the Rossetti's, and guardian of Swinburne. Among the subjects on which his advice is sought are the libel case R. H. Shepherd v. The Athenæum, arising out of a review contributed by W. M. Rossetti to the issue of 14 Sept. 1878, in which he described Shep...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Greek, Modern, Italian, and Norwegian
Date Range:
1876-1910
Extent:
7 items

128. Ashley MS A3076, A3077

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS A3076, A3077
Title:
Two Letters from Edmund Gosse to T. J. Wise; 21 June 1911, 6 Feb. 1913. In the earlier letter Gosse sends Wise a copy of Austin Dobson's 'Poem to the King', and in the latter discusses the private printing of [Swinburne?] MSS. Ashley Library Catalogue, ii, pp. 49-50.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1911-1913
Extent:
2 items

129. Ashley MS B1189, A1192, A1193, A1196*, B1197, B3672

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

130. Ashley MS B509, B2945, B2955

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS B509, B2945, B2955
Title:
Letters (5) from Jessie Conrad to T. J. Wise, concerning the death of Joseph Conrad (2 Sept. 1924), sending a copy of 'this little preface [by Joseph Conrad] to the Cookery Book' (14 Oct. 1921), and sending a book and a pamphlet (15, 19, 21 Oct. 1925); 14 October 1921-21 October 1925. [Ashley Library Catalogue, i, p. 256; viii, pp. 127, 131].
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Greek, Modern, Italian, Latin, and Norwegian
Date Range:
14 Oct 1921-21 Oct 1925
Extent:
3 items