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. M. Letter from F[erdinand Johann Gottlieb] Lassalle, politician, to [Fanny Lewald-Stahr, authoress], defending his heated language in a recent discussion with her husband, Prof. Adolf Stahr; Friday [3 Dec. 1858]. German. Followed (ff. 121-122b) by a draft of her reply, 5 Dec. 1858, and (f. ...
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. 0. Letter from Jean Dombre, French Protestant merchant at Geneva and formerly of Copenhagen, to [William] Pitt [1st Earl of Chatham], giving a record of his activities and asking for help; 12 Aug. 1766. French. ff. 128- 131 b. Presented by Viscount Combermere.
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. 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. R. Two letters from Adm. [Sir] Erasmus Ommanney, [K.C.B.], to William Hepworth Dixon, author of Free Russia, protesting against his account of the British action against the Solovetsk monastery in the White Sea in 1854, and giving his own version as officer in command, 29 Apr., 5 May 1870, ...
S. Letter from W[illiam] H[olman] H[unt], painter, to John Everett Millais, describing experiences in the Holy Land and plans for painting 'The Scapegoat'; 10 Nov. 1854. Extracts are printed by J. G. Millais in The Life and Letters of Sir J. E. Millais, i, pp. 235-237. ff. 156-157b. Presented by...