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21. Ashley MS 1461, 1463

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS 1461, 1463
Title:
Two Letters, the second with envelope, from John Ruskin to A. C. Swinburne, expressing his opinion of the latter's Poems and Ballads, 1866, both before and after publication; 5 July 1863, 9 Sept. 1866. Printed, with errors, in Wise, Ashley Library Catalogue, iv, 1923, pp. 182-183, and, in the case of the later letter, in C. Y. Lang, Swinburne Letters, i, 1959, p. 182. For another letter from Ruskin to Swinburne see A3871. Ashley Library Catalogue, iv, pp. 182-183. Octavo; ff. ii+2 and ii+3.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1863-1866
Extent:
2 items

22. Ashley MS 1482, 1486

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS 1482, 1486
Title:
Letters (21) from William Bell Scott to various correspondents; 14 Feb. 1865-25 Aug. 1887. 1. Eight letters to A. C. Swinburne, 14 Feb. 1865-22 April 1882. Among the subjects are Swinburne's Atalanta in Calydon, 1865 (1482, ff. 1-2), William Blake (published 1868) (1482, ff. 5-6), Songs before Sunrise (published 1871) (1486, f. 4), Studies in Song, 1880 (1482, ff. 7, 8), Mary Stuart, 1881 (1482, ff. 9-10) and Tristram of Lyonesse (published 1882) (1482, ff. 10, 10b), Scott's Year of the Wor...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1865-1890
Extent:
2 items

23. Ashley MS A130, 131

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS A130, 131
Title:
'The Story of Tim': a story translated from the Russian by George Borrow; [1854-1862]. Autograph draft, written on both sides of eight octavo leaves of grey wove paper (ff. 1-8), on both sides of nine octavo leaves of blue laid paper (ff. 9-17), and on one side only of another octavo leaf of blue laid paper (f. 18). Watermark (blue paper only) 'Sawston/1854'. The story is entitled as above. A130 is an autograph draft of part of the introduction, written on one side only of a part quarto leaf...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1854-1862]
Extent:
2 items

24. Ashley MS B743, A748

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS B743, A748
Title:
Postcard and letter written from Davos by James Elroy Flecker to Clement Shorter, mentioning the writer's 'The Burial in England' and sending a poem; 24 Nov.1914 and 6 Dec. 1914. Ashley Library Catalogue, ix, pp. 75, 76.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1914
Extent:
2 items

25. Ashley MS A1921, B1921

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS A1921, B1921
Title:
'Locrine': a verse tragedy by A. C. Swinburne; [1886-1887]. Autograph drafts and fair copies of the play published as Locrine on 16 Nov. 1887. In a letter to his mother dated New Year's Day 1887 (C. Y. Lang, Swinburne Letters, v, 1962, pp. 179-180) Swinburne says '. . . I have begun a new dramatic attempt ― in rhyme ― founded on the legendary history of ancient Britain'. Ashley Library Catalogue, vi, p. 171. 1. Draft synopsis of Act II, Scene I, to the end of the play, written on one side o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1886-1887]
Extent:
2 items

26. Ashley MS B230, B231

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS B230, B231
Title:
Letters (3) from Sir Frederick Kenyon to T. J. Wise, discussing among other matters the bibliography of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's poem 'The Cry of the Human'; 22 Dec. 1916-21 March 1929. [Ashley Library Catalogue, i, pp. 104-105].
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Dec 1916-21 Mar 1929
Extent:
2 items

27. Ashley MS B1366, B1368, B1384

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS B1366, B1368, B1384
Title:
Letters (5) from Christina Rossetti to Edmund Gosse; Dec. 1875-1 June 1893. In the letters Christina discusses Gosse's review of her Goblin Market, The Prince's Progress, and Other Poems, 1875, and the writing of her article 'Dante the Poet Illustrated out of the Poem', published in the Century Magazine for Feb. 1884 (B1384), and answers questions asked by Gosse (including her intention in Goblin Market and The Prince's Progress) in connection with his article on Christina printed in the Cen...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1875-1893
Extent:
3 items

28. Ashley MS B1977, B4485

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS B1977, B4485
Title:
Two Letters, one (B4485) with envelope, from Stéphane Mallarmé to Edmund Gosse, the earlier giving an account of the writer's activities, the later complimenting Gosse on his novel The Secret of Narcisse, 1892, and discussing Gosse's views on the art of poetry; 16 Dec. 1892 and 10 Jan. 1893. [Ashley Library Catalogue, vii, pp. 32 and 83].
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
1892-1893
Extent:
2 items

29. Ashley MS 4349

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS 4349
Title:
Scope & Content:
College Essays by Algernon Charles Swinburne; [1856-1857]. A quarto notebook, in the original black embossed paper covers, containing the autograph fair copies of various college essays by Swinburne. The notebook is signed 'A.C. Swinburne' on f. 1. The leaves of the notebook are of white wove pa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1856-1857]
Extent:
1 item

30. Ashley MS 2262

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS 2262
Title:
Scope & Content:
'Yarrow Revisited, And Other Poems' by William Wordsworth; 1835. The printed volume as published, with extensive autograph revisions throughout. Ashley Library Catalogue, viii, p. 29. Octavo; ff. ii+186. William Wordsworth, poet: Poetry ENGLISH: Poems, 'Yarrow Revisited and Other Poems', by Wi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1835
Extent:
1 item