B. Raphael Georg Kiesewetter, musical historian and antiquary, to Robert Lucas de Pearsall, on music in England, etc.; Vienna, 28 Feb. 1838 (see the Musical Times, Feb. 1902). Signed. f. 23. Presented by W. Barclay Squire, Esq.
L. 1. Autobiographical memoir of Charles Gounod, to 1853. Fr. Autogr. f. 68. With five portraits. ff. 70-74. 2. Musical Composition by William Vincent Wallace; 22 Dec. 1848. With photograph. ff. 75, 76.
N. " The Names of the best Plays and Comedies," [1598-1697], the authors and plays being respectively arranged alphabetically; circ. 1700. f. 86. The compiler notes the reception accorded to the later plays. Of that accorded to the earlier ones it is not always possible to say if he was speaking...
G. James V. of Scotland to Pope Clement VII., notifying the death of James Hepburne, Bishop of Moray, recommending Robert Schawe, Abbot of Paisley, for the see, and asking the Pope's favour on behalf of John Hamyltoun, a monk of Kilwinning, to succeed to the abbacy, though only in his 14th year ...
I. Edward Coley Burne-Jones (cr. Bart. 1894) to Ernest Chesneau, giving an account of his artistic life and work; London, 13 Oct. 1882. f. 63. Presented by C. Fairfax Murray, Esq.
H. Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy to E. Buxton, as to the arrangementis for the performance of " Elijah " at Exeter Hall, etc.; Leipsic, 2 Feb. 1847. f. 61.
E. 1. James Boswell to Bennet Langton: ',You may rest assured that you shall see your Johnsoniana before I print them. I have printed twenty sheets of my Magnum Opus. It will be the most entertaining Book that ever appeared. Only think of what an offer I have for it-a cool thousand. But I am adv...
M. 1. Hans Christian Andersen to [Mary Howitt], on his year's travel in Europe, and his reception by the King of Prussia, and sending five poems, " Kleiner Viggo," " Thränen," " Das sterbende Kind, Der Soldat," " An eine dame mit einem Veilchensraus "; Oldenburg, 28 Sept. 1846. Germ. f. 77. With...