Add MS 60391

MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS AND PAPERS.

Paper; ff. 338. British Library arrangement.

A. Eleven letters from William Ewart Gladstone to Joseph Williams Blakesley, Fellow of Trinity College Cambridge, and (1872) Dean of Lincoln, mainly concerning political and religious questions; 1833-1872. Further correspondence for 1833-1870 between Gladstone and Blakesley is listed in The Gladstone Papers: Additional Manuscripts 44086-44835, p. 83. Purchased at Sotheby''s, 14 March 1979, lot 226.

ff. 1-26. 233 x 200mm.

B. Agreement to train singers and musicians for three years, between Richard Brinsley Sheridan, his partners James Ford and Simon Goodman Ewart, Willoughby Lacey, co-proprietor with Richard Garrick of the Drury Lane Theatre, and Thomas Linley; 8 April 1776. Signed by Thomas Linley and witnessed by Thomas Linley junior, Sheridan, and James and Richard Ford. For other Sheridan and Drury Lane Theatre material, see Add. 25906-26036; 29709-29711; 35118, 42720-42723; 44919 I, ff. 39-46; Egerton 1975, 1976. Purchased at Sotheby''s, 14 March 1979, lot 440.

ff. 27-28. 341 x 210mm.

C. Piano piece, ''The Blackbird at Marine Villa'', by William Knyvett; Aug. 1847. Presented to Sarah, Lady Medlycott by the composer. Presented to the British Library by Dr Alan Tyson.

ff. 29-30. 228 x 290mm.

D. ''The Monday Waltz'', for piano, by Joseph von Czerkasky; mid 19th century. Autograph(?). Dedicated to the Earl of Lanesborough. Transferred from the Music Library, 5 March 1979.

ff. 31-32. 223 x 181mm.

E. Letter from Andrew Marvell to Sir Henry Thompson; 16 Dec. 1675. See W. H. Kelliher, ''Some Uncollected Letters of Andrew Marvell,'' British Library Journal vol. 5 no. 2 (1979) pp. 145-150. Purchased of Maggs, 16 March 1979.

ff. 33-34. 227 x 177mm.

F. Letter from the poet and critic, Cosmo Monkhouse (d.1901) to Mrs Ionides containing two limericks, one on Laurence Binyon (b.1869, d.1943); 5 April 1898. Purchased of Henry Bristow, Ltd., 6 April 1979 (cat. 244, item 64).

ff. 35-36. 178 x 112mm.

G. Letter from Ezra Pound to Harriet Shaw Weaver concerning the refusal of the U.S. Post Office to distribute copies of the Little Review for May 1919 containing the chapter ''Scylla and Charybdis'' from James Joyce''s Ulysses, and enclosing a typewritten copy of a letter, 14 June 1919, from John Quinn to the Solicitor of the Post Office Department defending the chapter against charges of indecency; 6 July 1919. Purchased at Sotheby''s, 14 March 1979, lots 389, 431.

ff. 37-52. 278 x 215mm.

H. Twelve letters from Arnold Bennett to Mrs Cheston, mother of Dorothy Cheston Bennett, and her lawyer, with associated correspondence; 1925-1929. Purchased at Sotheby''s, 13-14 March 1979, lot 298.

ff. 53-69. 245 x 215mm.

I. Memorandum by Arthur Michael Samuel, 1st Baron Mancroft, on the events of 18-19 October 1922 leading up to the resignation of Lloyd George as Prime Minister, with associated telegrams and correspondence; 1922. Typewritten. Presented to the British Museum in 1922 and hitherto reserved.

ff. 70-88. 247 x 192mm.

J. Letter from Ronald Assheton Coates (b.1894, d.1944) to F. G. Roe, announcing his appointment to a post in the British Museum; 26 June 1920. Presented by the recipient, 21 Feb. 1979.

ff. 89-91. 149 x 113mm.

K. Eight letters from Sir William Hamilton to Charles Greville, with one reply; 1775-1800. Autograph. The letters are published in The Collection of Autograph Letters and Historical Documents formed by Alfred Morrison (2nd series, 1882-1893). The Hamilton and Nelson Papers (1893-4), where they are numbered 53, 86, 95, 144, 146, 178, 182, 273 and 444. Purchased from the estate of H. G. Pollard, 21 March 1979.

ff. 92-106. 325 x 210mm.

L. Letter from Henry Williamson to Mr(?) and Mrs George Longbotham; 4 Jan. ‘1920'' (i.e. 1921). Purchased at Sotheby''s, 14 March 1979, (in lot 298).

ff. 107-108. 256 x 201mm.

M. Greek horological fragment; circa 1800. Presented by M. L. Weiser, Esq., 26 Oldhill Street, London, N.16, 30 April 1979.

f. 109. 190 x 280mm.

N. Letter from the Rev. Thomas Hartwell Horne (b.1780, d.1862), Senior Assistant in the Department of Printed Books, British Museum, to John Pye Smith, D.D. (b.1774, d.1851), concerning reading tickets for the Museum; 30 June 1834. Presented by Arthur Freeman, Esq., 28 May 1979.

ff. 110-111. 226 x 184mm.

O. Three letters from Thomas Attwood, composer and organist (d.1838), to Sir George Smart; 4 Sept. 1816, 17 Oct. 1836, 26 Jan. 1838. In the third letter Attwood mentions that he is sending to Smart the ''Rules of Mozart'', afterwards known as ''the Attwood manuscript'', now Add. 58437. Purchased from John Wilson, Autographs, 2 July 1979.

ff. 112-114. 232 x 186mm.

P. Letter from Walter James Hore-Ruthven, Baron Ruthven of Gowrie 1919, to his mother while serving with the Rifle Brigade in the Crimea, with an envelope post-marked 27 Jan. 1855; Sebastopol 24 Aug. 1855. Presented by David Ashley, Esq., 12 July 1979.

ff. 115-118. 209 x 137mm.

Q. Letter from Sir Henry Rider Haggard to Adair; 29 Aug. 1903. Presented by David Ashley, Esq., 12 July 1979.

ff. 119-120. 178 x 112mm.

R. Two letters from Odette Keun concerning H. G. Wells; 4 Nov. 1930, 12 Jan. 1931. Also included is a carbon copy of a reply from the recipient, Geoffrey H. Wells; 16 Nov. 1930. See Add. 60571. Presented by Mrs Moira Wells, 4 June 1979.

ff. 121-130. 259 x 209mm.

S. ''Pan is Dead'' by Elizabeth Barrett Browning; 1842-1844. Autograph fair copy, with revisions of stanzas 33-39, written on both sides of an octavo leaf of white laid paper. Watermark ''JWHATMAN / 1842''. The MS. is signed at the end ''EBB'', and the pages are numbered 9 and 10. This MS. is closely related to Ashley 213, which appears to have been copied from it. Both are written on the same paper. Purchased at Christie''s, 13 June 1979, lot 64.

f. 131. 178 x 110mm.

T. ''Ultimo Cerchio'', by Algernon Charles Swinburne, an unfinished poem on the subject of King Ferdinand II of Naples in Hell; 1864 or later. Autograph draft, written on one side only of two folio leaves of grey laid paper, and on both sides of two further leaves of the same. Watermarks ''JWHATMAN / 1864'' and the figure of Britannia. The poem is apparently unpublished. The MS. is accompanied by a later transcript. Purchased at Sotheby''s, 24 July 1979, lot 309.

ff. 132-138. 337 x 237mm.

U. ''On the Cliffs'' by Algernon Charles Swinburne; 1879. Autograph draft of lines 1-10, 24-37, 90-103, 141-163, 180-192, 215-244, 247-265, 268-338, written on both sides of three folio leaves of blue laid paper, on both sides of two half leaves torn from separate folio leaves of the same after they had been used, with consequent loss of text, and on one side only of a third similar half leaf. Watermarks ''VALLEYFIELD'', ''G C & Co / SUPERFINE / 1877'', and the figure of Britannia. Purchased at Sotheby''s, 24 July 1979, lot 300.

ff. 139-145. 337 x 218mm.

V. ''In the Orchard'' by Algernon Charles Swinburne; 1862?. Autograph draft of stanzas 1, 2, 4, 10 and a discarded stanza, written on one side only of a quarto leaf of white ruled laid paper. No watermark. Purchased at Sotheby''s, 24 July 1979, lot 295.

ff. 146-150. 323 x 204mm.

W. Cancelled.

X. Notes of conversation with Hans Richter, the conductor, and with Miss Fillunger, a friend of Brahms, written down by Miss Daisy Jordan; 1904-1911. German. Together with (f. 157) a covering letter from the donor to Geoffrey Arnold of the Department of Printed Books. Presented by Edgar Fuchs, Esq., nephew of Miss Jordan, 9 Aug. 1979.

ff. 151-157. 177 x 136mm.

Y. Postcard from George Bernard Shaw to Dr J. Kingston Barton, announcing the death of his father, George Carr Shaw, and signed ''An Orphan''; 19 April 1885. Autograph. Published in the Collected Letters, ed. D. H. Lawrence, I (1965), p. 132. Purchased of Quaritch, 22 June 1979.

ff. 158-159. 121 x 74mm.

Z. Bills, etc., submitted by Ralph Minors, Master of Hale Free School, Hertford, to Rowland Hale for the schooling of his son, Rowland; 1655, n.d. Letters of Minors relating to Rowland Hale''s schooling are in Add. 33572 and other bills are in Add. 33578. Purchased at Sotheby''s, 18 June 1979, lot 531.

ff. 160-172. 120 x 196mm.

AA. Private letters from Winston S. Churchill to John Morley, Viscount Morley of Blackburn, rel. to Churchill''s constituency problems as M.P. for Oldham, his biography of Lord Randolph Churchill, his service at the Home Office and the Admiralty, and to contemporary politics in general; 1903-1914, n.d. These letters do not appear in Randolph S. Churchill and Martin Gilbert, Winston S. Churchill (1967-1988). Purchased at Christie''s, 24 Oct. 1979, lots 6-9.

ff. 173-254. 217 x 137mm.

BB. Setting of ''God be in my head'', for voice and piano, made by Gustav Holst for his amanuensis, Nora Day; 20 Dec. 1930. Autograph. With a letter of presentation to Miss Day, 21 Dec. 1930. Presented by Miss Nora Day, 28 Nov. 1979.

ff. 255-257. 308 x 234mm.

CC. Six letters and a postcard from Arnold Bennett to A. P. Herbert; 1925-1929. Purchased from G. F. Sims (Rare Books), 19 Oct. 1979.

ff. 258-264. 229 x 177mm.

DD. Five letters from George Eliot to Phoebe Sarah (Hertha) Marks afterwards Mrs William Edward Ayrton; 1875-1879. The letter of 21 Sept. 1875 is fully published and those of 25 Dec. 1877 and 1 July 1878 partially published in G. Haight, The George Eliot Letters; those of 16 Dec. and 29 Dec. 1879 are unpublished. Purchased of Quaritch, 9 Nov. 1979.

ff. 265-277. 183 x 114mm.

EE. ''Religions, Souls and God'', a poem, dedicated to the British Museum and Library, by Peshotan Sohrabji Gulbai Dubash; circa 1978. Presented by the author, Oct. 1979.

f. 278. 338 x 213mm.

FF. Letter from Benjamin Robert Haydon to C. B. Wall, M.P.; 16 Jan. 1831. Purchased of Maggs, cat. 1001, no. 87, 28 Nov. 1979.

f. 279. 177 x 113mm.

GG. Letter from George Henry Lewes to , concerning George Eliot''s systematic objections to the modern system of applying to living persons for their signature; 14 Sept. 1877. Purchased of Maggs, cat. 1001, no. 111, 28 Nov. 1979.

ff. 280-281. 181 x 113mm.

HH. Fourteen letters from John Francis Barnett (b.1837, d.1916), composer and pianist, to Richard Peyton, concerning preparations for performances of his cantatas, ''Paradise and the Peri'' and ''The Ancient Mariner'', and his oratorio, ''The Raising of Lazarus'', at Birmingham festivals; 17 Jan. 1870 - 28 Dec. 1877. Purchased at Sotheby''s, 12 Dec. 1979, lot 168.

ff. 282-310. 179 x 113mm.

II. Eleven letters to Thomas Hay Sweet Escott; 1882-1887, n.d. The letters are mainly of family interest and supplement Add. 58774-58801. Purchased of Mrs E. Goodall, 26 Oct. 1979.

ff. 311-334. 201 x 127mm.