BENTLEY PAPERS. Vols. XC-XCVI. Correspondence relating to literary matters, including accompts and receipts of authors; June 1829- 1 Sept. 1909, n.d. Accompts of contributors to the magazine Bentley's Miscellany, 1837-1853, appear in Vols. XC-XCIII, passim. Letters from Charles Dickens in Vol. XC are printed in The Letters of Charles Dickens ( The Pilgrim Edition ), vol. I, 1965, ed. M. House and G. Storey. Folio ( Vols. XC, XCIV, XCVI ) and quarto.
Vol. LXXXII ( ff. vi + 372 ). 10 Feb. 1849 - 10 Feb. 1854 ( a printed catalogue, Sept. 1852, inserted at ff. ii - vi ). includes: f. 30b Herman Melville, American author: Agreements with, and receipt to R. Bentley: 1849, 1851.: Signed.
Vol. LXXXVIII ( ff. ii + 360 ). 29 Jan. 1895 - 28 Oct. 1897. includes: f. 201 Charles William Wood, editor of 'The Argosy': Letter to R. Bentley and Son: 1896.
Vol. LXXXIX (ff. i + 136 ). 28 Oct. 1897 - 7 Apr. 1908. includes: f. 65 (copy) Hugh Stowell Scott, alias 'Henry Seton Merriman', novelist: Letter, etc., to, and agreements with R. Bentley and Son: 1887-1897.: Mostly signed.
Vol. LXXXIII ( ff. 278 ). 17 Feb. 1854 - 15 Nov. 1864. includes: f. 38 (typewritten) William Weekes Fowler, Rector of Peppard; historian: Letters to A. R. Wallace: 1902, 1906.f. 184 Henry Turner Gilson, bookseller and stationer: Letter to R. Bentley: 1859.f. 207 Comte Guglielmo Bruto Ici...
Vol. LXXXVII ( ff. i + 303 ). 27 Aug. 1892 - 29 Jan. 1895. includes: f. 271b Jan Carel Juta and Co, booksellers, of Cape Town: Letter to the Treasurer-General, Cape Town: 1894.: Printed.f.271 Jan Carel Juta and Co, booksellers, of Cape Town: Circular letter to English publishers: 1894.: Pr...