Vol. A. Letter from Matthew Arnold to Norman MacColl, Editor of The Athenaeum, thanking him for a review of Mixed Essays in the issue of 8 Mar.; Cobham, 15 Mar. [1879]. ff. 1-1b. Presented by Miss Alice Mabel Erskine Jackson.
Vol. Q. Further papers (cf. art. K) of James Leslie, M.D., Principal of Marischal College, Aberdeen, viz.:-(i) Inaugural address as Principal of the College; [1661]. Latin. Draft. ff. 140-141 b;-(2) Funeral oration on Mary, widow successively of William Keith, 5th Earl Marischal, and of Patrick ...
Vol. B. Letter from Ch[arles] Gough to his brother Harry, describing a journey to the Lake Country; Cherry Tree, Wythburn, 6 Nov. 1804. Gough perished on Helvellyn in 1805, and was commemorated in a poem of that name by Sir Walter Scott. ff. 2-3 b. Presented by J. P. Gilson, Esq.
Vol. N. Letter from Henry James. novelist, to Miss [Elizabeth] Lee, author of the article on Ouida in the Dict. of Nat. Biog., giving his opinion of 'Ouida'; 10 Feb. 1913. ff. 125-127b. Bequeathed by Sir Sidney Lee.
Vol. K. (1) Papers (cf. also art. Q) of James Leslie, M.D., Principal (1661- 1678) of Marischal College, Aberdeen, viz.:-(a) Letters to Leslie from An[drew] Bumett on legal business; 16 Nov. 1672 and 29 Dec. 1673. ff. 108, 109;-(b) Roll of students at the College, [1676]. Cf. the lists in P. J. ...
Vol. L. Title-page of A Way to get Wealth, printed at London for Roger Jackson, 1625, with signature as owner of a 'W[illia]m Shakespeare' (late 17th cent. ?). f. 116. Presented by Dr John Percival.
Vol. P. (1) Fragment of a court-roll of Ercall, co. Salop. Vellum. Circ. 1300. f. 132;-(2) Rental of Sir Henry Marney of his manor of Layer-Marney, co. Essex; 1499- Paper (watermark: hand with star). Published in an English translation in Trans. Essex Arch. Soc., xiii, 1915, pp. 92-106. ff. 133-...
Vol. F. Copies, in typescript, of Register Bills relating to the following places in Sussex for periods for which the original Parish Registers are not available, viz.:(i) Funtington: baptisms, marriages, burials, 1705-1720; marriages, 1745-1754. ff. 66-75;-(2) Rumboldswyke: baptisms, marriages,...