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491. Ashley MS 23

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Ashley MS 23
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Letter, with envelope, from Matthew Arnold to Edmund Gosse complimenting him on his Life of Thomas Gray, 1882 (in the 'English Men of Letters' series), and discussing the works of Gray, William Collins, Tennyson, etc.; 11 Aug. [1882]. Ashley Library Catalogue, x, p. 4. Octavo; ff. i+3. Matthew...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Aug [1882]
Extent:
1 item

492. Ashley MS 4137

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Ashley MS 4137
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Letter from E. J. Trelawny to Edward Moxon, concerning his trial for blasphemous libel as a result of publishing 'Queen Mab' in the second edition of Shelley's Poetical Works, 1839, and congratulating him for having printed the notes in full; 30 June 1841. Printed in H. B. Forman, op. cit., 1910...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Jun 1841
Extent:
1 item

493. Ashley MS 2539

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Ashley MS 2539
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Letters (3) from Robert Browning to his daughter-in-law Fannie Browning on the subject of her marriage to his son R. W. B. Browning; [5 Oct. 1887], 15 Sept. 1887, and 4 Oct. 1889. The first letter (f. 1a) appears to have been added by Browning at the end of a longer letter in the hand of his sis...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1887-1889
Extent:
1 item

494. Ashley MS 5746

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Ashley MS 5746
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Letter from Walter Savage Landor to Mrs Margaret Hodson, containing an account of a visit to Southey; 13 Aug. [1832]. Quarto; ff. i+2. Walter Savage Landor, d.1864; author: Margaret Holford, afterwards Hodson; author: Letter to M. Hodson from Walter Savage Landor: [1832].
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Aug [1832]
Extent:
1 item

495. Ashley MS A248, A277, A2531, A2540, B2551

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Ashley MS A248, A277, A2531, A2540, B2551
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Letters (5) from Robert Browning to F. J. Furnivall; 15 Sept. 1881-13 Dec. 1886. Printed in T. L. Hood, Letters of Robert Browning Collected by T. J. Wise, 1933. In the letter of 15 Sept. 1881 where Browning discusses the metre of 'Hervé Riel' and 'A Toccata of Galuppi's' Hood has not printed the marks of scansion which Browning wrote above his examples. Ashley Library Catalogue, i, pp. 112, 115, 129, 130, 134. For further letters from Browning to Furnivall see A2527, 2542, A2549.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Greek, Modern, Italian, Latin, and Norwegian
Date Range:
15 Sep 1881-13 Dec 1886
Extent:
5 items

496. Ashley MS A1956

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Ashley MS A1956
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'The Russ and the Frenchman': a sonnet by A. C. Swinburne; 1886. Autograph fair copy, written on one side only of a much damaged large quarto leaf of blue laid paper. No watermark. The MS. is entitled 'The Russ and the Frenchman', and dated 'August 26, 1886', in Swinburne's hand. Below the title...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1886
Extent:
1 item

497. Ashley MS A2530

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Ashley MS A2530
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Postcard from Robert Browning to [ ] Wyse; postmarked 22 July 1887. In Ashley Library Catalogue, i, p. 111, T. J. Wise claims that this postcard was sent to him by Browning when the latter was informed of the price paid by him for a copy of the first edition of Browning's Pauline. Even in his ea...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Jul 1887
Extent:
1 item

498. Ashley MS B238, B252, B253, B2533, B3562, 5714

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Ashley MS B238, B252, B253, B2533, B3562, 5714
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Letters (6) from Robert Browning to Edmund Gosse; 19 Aug. 1876-23 Feb. 1888. Printed in T. L. Hood, Letters of Robert Browning Collected by T. J. Wise, 1933, with the exception of B252. Ashley Library Catalogue, [i, pp. 107, 117, 118;] iii, p. 95.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Greek, Modern, Italian, Latin, and Norwegian
Date Range:
19 Aug 1876-23 Feb 1888
Extent:
6 items

499. Ashley MS B2487

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Ashley MS B2487
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'On an Expensive Volume of Verse': a poem by Andrew Lang; before 1912. Autograph fair copy, written on one side only of two conjoined leaves of octavo white laid writing paper headed '8 GIBSON PLACE / ST. ANDREWS / SCOTLAND'. Watermark 'BOTHWELL' and crowned lion rampant on shield. Entitled as a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
before 1912
Extent:
1 item

500. Ashley MS B3165

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Ashley MS B3165
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Prologue and Epilogue written by John Dryden for The Pilgrim, a play by John Fletcher, revised in 1700 by Sir John Vanbrugh. Copy, written on both sides of two conjoined octavo leaves of white laid paper. Watermark 'FB'. The Prologue is entitled 'Prologue to ye Pilgrim', and the Epilogue 'Epilog...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 18th century
Extent:
1 item