G. Two letters from Sir Edward William Elgar, Bart., to William Barclay Squire of the British Museum and Robert Farquharson Sharp, Keeper of Printed Books, respectively; 18 Aug. 1924, 15 Nov. 1929. ff. 29-30, 31.
P. Certificate of enlistment in the Royal Marines of Vincenza Grauvener Knabe, of Cologne, signing himself Jacob Knab; 27 June 1804. Signed by Nelson on board H.M. S. 'Victory'. ff. 63-63 b. Presented by T. G. Mathews, Esq., through the Friends of the National Libraries (cf. Annual Report, 1934-...
H. Two vellum leaves from two contemporary German missals, containing parts of the Prefaces, Canon, and Office of the Dead; xv cent. Double cols. Of 32 and 34 lines respectively, with rough tinted drawing of the Crucifixion before the Canon (f. 32b). From the binding of a printed Hildesheim miss...
S. Medical licence, on vellum, issued by the 'Read van Examinatoren in de Z. A. Republiek' to George Sandison Brock, signed by President Kruger and other officials; Pretoria, 20-24 Aug. 1888. Dutch. f. 72. Presented by the recipient.
Q. Three letters from Constantin von Tischendorf to Canon William Cureton, D.D., the Syriac scholar; 20 June 1851, 15 Jan. 1856, 20 April 1856. German (first letter) and French. ff. 64-69. Cf. Brit. Mus. Quart., ix, 1934- 1935, pp. 18-19, where extracts from the second and third letters are prin...
Z. Six autograph poems by Gonnoské Komai, the first three published in the Pall Mall Gazette. English, with Chinese (f. 92) and Japanese (f. 93) originals. ff. 88-93. Presented by C. E. Grunspan, Esq. Paper and (artt. H, S, X) vellum. ff. 93. Folio. XIV-XX centt.
B. Index to the transcript of the Parish Register of Up Waltham, co. Suss. Typewritten (carbon copy). ff. 2-4. Presented by the Society of Genealogists.
R. Two passes issued to James John Williams, of Palmerstown, by the Dublin Metropolitan Police during the Dublin Rebellion; 3, 4 May 1916. ff. 70, 71 - Presented by the recipient.
W. Letter from John Ruskin to Susanna Beaver (d. 1893) of The Thwaite, Coniston; n.d. ff. 79-80. A selection of Ruskin's correspondence with the Misses Beever was published as Hortus Inclusus, 1887. Followed (ff. 81-84) by photographs of Miss Beever, Ruskin, and Brantwood interiors. Presented by...
K. Obituary account of a child, Ernst Siegemund Rost, of Greiffenberg in Silesia (b. 19 Nov. 1767, d. 26 May 1768). German. Found in a copy of Historische Nachricht von den Kirch- und Schul-Anstalten zu Niederwiesa am Queisse (1769). ff. 35-36b. Transferred from the Department of Printed Books.