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51. Ashley MS 5264, A1953

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS 5264, A1953
Title:
'Lesbia Brandon': an unfinished novel by A. C. Swinburne; [1864-1866?]. Autograph draft, written on a variety of papers. The novel is printed in Lesbia Brandon, ed. Randolph Hughes, 1952, and in The Novels of A. C. Swinburne, with introduction by Edmund Wilson, 1962. A1953 contains autograph drafts and fair copies of the lyrics found interspersed through the novel. Ashley Library Catalogue, vi, pp. 132-133; vii, pp. 4-5. Bound up with 5264 is the following extraneous material: 1. A chapter ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1864-1866?]
Extent:
2 items

52. 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

53. Ashley MS A3070, A3072

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS A3070, A3072
Title:
Two Letters from Austin Dobson to Edmund Gosse, the earlier ([28 Nov. 1878], dated in the hand of T. J. Wise) referring, among other matters, to Gosse's projected Studies in the Literature of Northern Europe (published 1879), and the success of Lewis Morris, The Epic of Hades, 1877, and the later (19 Jan. 1912) to the impending sale at Sotheby's of a series of letters of Henry Fielding. The earlier is not in Dobson's usual hand, but is stated by him to be 'printed' in order to save Gosse's e...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1878-1912
Extent:
2 items

54. Ashley MS A3715, A3717

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS A3715, A3717
Title:
Two Letters from Alfred Noyes to W. T. Watts-Dunton; 28 March 1907, 3 Oct. 1908. In the earlier letter Noyes says that he has sent a birthday poem to Swinburne ('A Seventieth Birthday'), and in the later he solicits comments by Watts-Dunton on the proofs of his William Morris, 1908, in the English Men of Letters series, and sends a copy of vol. ii of his Drake, 1908. Ashley Library Catalogue, iii, pp. 191-192.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1907-1908
Extent:
2 items

55. Ashley MS A1959, B1959

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS A1959, B1959
Title:
Two Letters from Edmund Gosse to T. J. Wise, concerning private printings of MSS. of A. C. Swinburne; 1 Oct. 1909, [1909]. Ashley Library Catalogue, vii, p. 9.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1909
Extent:
2 items

56. Ashley MS B1948, A1949

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS B1948, A1949
Title:
Two Letters from Edmund Gosse to T. J. Wise, concerning the printing by Wise of MSS. of A.C. Swinburne, and in particular (A1949) of 'In the Twilight'; 9, 17 July 1909. Ashley Library Catalogue, vi, p. 215.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jul 1909
Extent:
2 items

57. Ashley MS B3516, B3650, B5304

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS B3516, B3650, B5304
Title:
Letters (3) from Luther S. Livingston to T. J. Wise, the earliest chiefly concerning the bibliography of Charles Lamb, A Tale of Rosamund Gray and Old Blind Margaret, 1798, and sending a copy of Livingston's Some Notes on Lamb's Juveniles, 1902, the next chiefly concerned with describing the detached dedication leaf from an unidentified book printed in 1597, and the latest chiefly concerning the bibliography of Mary Gordon and A. C. Swinburne, The Children of the Chapel, 1864; 1902, 1912. [A...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
1902-1912
Extent:
3 items

58. Ashley MS 1145, 3637

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS 1145, 3637
Title:
Letters (4) from George Meredith to Edward Clodd, containing, among other matters, an expression of his admiration for Walter Besant, and an opinion on Edward FitzGerald; 2 Jan. 1893-3 Oct. 1906. Printed in The Letters of George Meredith, ed. C. L. Cline, ii, iii, 1970, pp. 1115, 1311, 1518, 1570. Ashley Library Catalogue, x, pp. 150-151. 1145. Octavo; ff. i+6. 3637. Octavo; ff. ii+2.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Greek, Modern, Italian, and Norwegian
Date Range:
2 Jan 1893-3 Oct 1906
Extent:
2 items

59. Ashley MS B1849, A1950

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS B1849, A1950
Title:
Chastelard: a verse tragedy by A. C. Swinburne; [1860-1863]. Swinburne was working on Chastelard from the beginning of 1860 until October 1863 (see G. Lafourcade, La Jeunesse de Swinburne, ii, 1928, pp. 261-262). Ashley Library Catalogue, vi, pp. [55], 216. Early drafts, apparently of three discarded passages of Chastelard, are included in A1851, ff. 17, 17b. According to Lafourcade, op. cit., ii, pp. 273-274, Wise formerly possessed an autograph synopsis of Chastelard, but this is no longer...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, and Greek, Modern
Date Range:
[1860-1863]
Extent:
2 items

60. Ashley MS A3671, A3672

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS A3671, A3672
Title:
Two Letters from George Moore to T. J. Wise, the first (4 May 1919) suggesting that Wise contact Moore's publishers in order to obtain a copy of his Avowals, 1919, the second (6 Feb. [1918?]) offering to sell Wise the revised proofs of A Story-Teller's Holiday, 1918; 1919, [1918?]. Ashley Library Catalogue, iii, pp. 158-159.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1917-1919
Extent:
2 items