Brief Autobiographical Notes by William Morris; after 1884. Printed, with omissions, in Wise's Ashley Library Catalogue, iii, p. 172. includes: f. 159 William Morris, poet and artist: Autobiographical notes by William Morris: aft. 1884: Autogr.
'Gold and Silver Fishes In a Vase': a poem by William Wordsworth; before 1835. Autograph fair copy, cancelled, with one revision, entitled as above in Wordsworth's hand, and written on one side only of an ocatavo leaf of white wove paper. No watermark. The page has been numbered '146' altered to...
Part of 'King James I and Isaac Casaubon': an Imaginary Conversation by Walter Savage Landor; n.d. Autograph draft, written on both sides of a part folio leaf of white wove paper. No watermark. The portion begins 'Casaubon) The first attempt to murder the Prince of Orange'. Ashley Library Catalo...
Two Poems by A. C. Swinburne; after 1860. Apparently unpublished, but printed in Ashley Library Catalogue, vi, pp. 186-187. Autograph drafts, as follows:― 1. Poem beginning 'A noise of the sickles at labour'. f. 19. 2. Poem beginning 'Rhymes that whip the critic rabble'. f. 19b. includes: f....
Two Poems by A. C. Swinburne; 1881, [1881?]. Ashley Library Catalogue, vi, pp. 198-199. As follows:― 1. 'First and Last', here entitled 'The Two Roses'; [1881?]. Autograph draft. Printed in Tristram of Lyonesse and other Poems, 1882. f. 23. 2. 'What is Death?'; 1881. Autograph draft, dated 'Fe...
'Your lyrics found me dull as prose': verses by Elizabeth Barrett Browning; 1836. Autograph draft of lines 1-16, written on one side only of a scrap of cream wove paper 114 x 114mm. No watermark. A fair copy of the verses, consisting of twenty four lines, was enclosed by Elizabeth in a letter to...
Note from Lady Shelley, accompanying her subscription to the Shelley Society; 6 Jan. 1891. [Ashley Library Catalogue, v, p. 121.] includes: f. 40 Jane Shelley, wife of Sir Percy F Shelley: Note accompanying subscription to the Shelley Society by Jane Shelley: 1891.
Two Letters from Robert Browning, the earlier to Mrs Henry Schlesinger, the later to Henry Schlesinger; 9, 17 Sept. 1887. Printed in T. L. Hood, Letters of Robert Browning Collected by T. J. Wise, 1933, pp. 270-272. Ashley Library Catalogue, i, p. 128. Octavo; ff. ii+6. Henry Schlesinger, of B...
'The Story Of Rimini': a poem by J. H. Leigh Hunt; [1811-1816?]. 906 is an autograph fair copy, with pencil comments by Lord Byron, and occasional corrections by Hunt, of portions of Cantos II and III, written on one side only of thirty octavo leaves of white wove paper, and on both sides of another (f. 1). Watermark (ff. 1-21) 'J Green / 1814'. In a note on f. 4 of this MS. Hunt states that Canto II and a small part of Canto III were composed while he was in prison [3 Feb. 1813-3 Feb. 1815]...
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'The Shewe of Faire Seeming': a poem in imitation of Spenser by J. H. Leigh Hunt; before 1858. Autograph rough draft, written on both sides of nine leaves of white laid paper. Watermark 'John Smith / Sunny Dale Mill'. The greater part of the text found in the MS. was never used for the first pri...