BARRETT COLLECTION. Vols. XVII-XXVIII. Correspondence (A), juvenile (B-E) and other literary works, sermons, etc., of the Rev. Alexander Charles Louis Piochard d'Arblay, son of Frances d'Arblay. English, Latin and French.
Vol. XXI (ff. 36). Notebook containing 'Abregé de l'histoire de France' and (ff. 35b-34b, reversing the volume) a fragment of a play. Reverend Alexander Charles Louis Piochard d' Arblay: Sermons, poems, notes, etc.: 1823-1833, n.d.: Engl., Lat. and Fr.: Partly printed.
Vol. XXVII (ff. 8). 'Dreams: An Ode', beg. 'Airy forms that hover'. Poetry: Rev. Alexander d'Arblay: verses: 1830-1833, n.d.: Autogr. and printed. Reverend Alexander Charles Louis Piochard d' Arblay: Sermons, poems, notes, etc.: 1823-1833, n.d.: Engl., Lat. and Fr.: Partly printed.
Vol. XXVIII (ff. 91). Printed pamphlets by Alexander d'Arblay. Artt. (1)-(4) consist of sermons preached in Camden Chapel, St Pancras. Viz.:- (1) The Vanity of all Earthly Greatness: a funeral sermon ... on the occasion of the death of His Majesty George the Fourth; 1830. ff. 1-16. (2) A Dis...
Vol. XVIII (ff. 121). (1) Fragments of plays. ff. 1-27;-(2) Poems, including copies of nursery rhymes. ff. 29-49;-(3) Miscellaneous notes, exercises and drawings, including (ff. 53-61) an abridgement of Féné1on's Télémaque. ff. 50-73;-(4) Notes on ancient history. ff. 74- 120. Reverend Alexande...
Vol. XXII (ff. 86). (1) Versifications of Psalms; 1830-1831. ff. 1-68b;-(2) Prayers and (f. 73) a draft sermon; 1823, 1830, n.d. ff. 69-74b;-(3) Other poems, including 'Prométhée enchainé' (ff. 78-81) and (ff. 82-85b) 'The valley, an Elegy, imitated from the French of Lamartine'; 18 Dec. 1823. f...
Vols. XIX, XX (ff. 27, 6). Notebooks with headings 'Le voyage que Alexandre et Adrienne ont fait enseble (sic)' (C, f. 1) and 'The Letters which Alexander and Addrienne will write to one another' (C, f. 11) apparently compiled soon after Frances d'Arblay's journey with her son and Adrienne de Chavagnac (afterwards Vicomtesse de la Bretonnière) to France in April 1802.
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Adrienne Adélaïde Anne La Couldre, née de Chavagnac; wife of Bon Euloge, Vicomte de la Bretonnière: Notes by Alexander d'Arblay, the younger, rel. to his journey to France with her: 1802.: Engl. and Fr. Reverend Alexander Charles Louis Piochard d' Arblay: Sermons, poems, notes, etc.: 1823-1833,...
Vol. XVII (ff. 47). Letters from, [1801-1802]-1831 (ff. 1- 31b), and to Alexander d'Arblay, 1815-1835. includes: ff. 1-3b General Alexandre Jean Baptiste Piochard d' Arblay, d 1818: Correspondence with his son, Alexander: 1801-1818.: Engl. and Fr.ff. 1-3b Reverend Alexander Charles Louis P...