Add MS 57772

MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS AND PAPERS; 1566-1961, n.d.

Paper and vellum; ff. 200. British Library arrangement.

A. Letter from Thomas James Wise, in the hand of his wife Louise Wise, to William O. Raymond Esq., of Bishop's University, Lennoxville, Quebec, relating to the publication of John Carter and Graham Pollard, An Enquiry into the Nature of Certain Nineteenth Century Pamphlets (1934), which first identified Wise as a forger; 7 Jan. 1935. Together with a letter and envelope from Louise Wise to William Raymond on the death of T. J. Wise; 3 June 1937. Transferred from the Department of Printed Books, 18 Jan. 1973.

ff. 1-5. 179 x 115mm.

B. Letter of Admiral Sir William Wordsworth Fisher to his brother, the Rt. Hon. Herbert Albert Laurens Fisher, Warden of New College, Oxford, relating to the abdication of Edward VIII and his voyage into exile on 11 Dec. 1936 from Portsmouth where Fisher was commander-in-chief; 14 Dec. 1936. Together with a carbon copy of a typewritten letter of Sir William Fisher, with his autograph annotations, to Sir Samuel John Gurney Hoare, First Lord of the Admiralty, concerning the same event. Also with an envelope dated 14 Oct. 1937 which was once sealed containing the above letters and marked 'R36' and 'Reserved from use till after the death of the present and late king [Edward VIII]'. Incorporated 20 Jan. 1973.

ff. 6-12. Various sizes.

C. Seven letters of Col. Charles George Gordon ('Chinese Gordon') to Sir Frederic Bruce, the British Ambassador, relating to Gordon's service in China during the Taiping rebellion; 1863-1864. See Add. 59652 M. Also see A. E. Hake, Events in the Taeping Rebellion (1891). Sold at Christie's, 20 Dec. 1972, lot 179. Purchased from Francis Edwards Ltd., 4 Feb. 1973.

ff. 13-47. Various sizes.

D. Letter from Gen. Charles George Gordon in Khartoum to Lady Cardwell of Ellerbeck; 26 Feb. 1884. Sold at Christie's, 20 Dec. 1972, lot 181A. Purchased from Charles J. Sawyer, Esq., Grafton Street, London, 28 Dec. 1972.

ff. 48-49. 178 x 112mm.

E. Letter from Gen. Charles George Gordon to Lady Cardwell of Ellerbeck, describing the history of the yellow jacket of a mandarin of the first class, bestowed on Gordon by the Emperor of China after his service during the Taiping rebellion; 17 Feb. 1880. Also see Add. 57772 C and 59652 M. Purchased at Christie's, 20 Dec. 1972, lot 181.

ff. 50-51. 180 x 114mm.

F. Letter from Walter de la Mare to Elspeth Grahame née Thomson, widow of the author Kenneth Grahame, with its envelope; Sept. 1937 (postmark). Purchased at Christie's, 20 Dec. 1972, lot 186.

ff. 52-53. 228 x 178mm.

G. Letter from James Russell Lowell, poet and author, to [Justin?] McCarthy; 19 March 1870. Purchased at Christie's, 20 Dec. 1972, lot 186.

ff. 54-55. 168 x 106mm.

H. Letter from Henry Campbell-Bannerman, afterwards Prime Minister and G.C.B., to Elspeth Thomson, afterwards Grahame; 20 March 1893. Purchased at Christie's, 20 Dec. 1972, lot 186.

ff. 56-57. 187 x 120mm.

I. Letter from Arthur James Balfour, afterwards 1st Earl of Balfour, as First Lord of the Treasury, to Justin McCarthy, M.P., with envelope; 13 April 1897. Signed. Purchased at Christie's, 20 Dec. 1972, lot 186.

ff. 58-60. 189 x 122mm.

J. Letter from Beatrice Harraden, novelist, from the 'Hotel Windsor' in Rome, to Kenneth Grahame; circa 1920. The letter apologies for postponing a 'prowl' through Rome with Grahame owing to the opportunity of seeing the canonization of Joan of Arc. Purchased at Christie's, 20 Dec. 1972, lot 186.

ff. 61-63. 201 x 125mm.

K. Letter from Justin McCarthy, M.P., to John Fletcher Moulton, Q.C., afterwards Baron Moulton; 8 March 1897. Purchased at Christie's, 20 Dec. 1972, lot 186.

ff. 64-65. 178 x 113mm.

L. Two letters from John Morley, M.P., afterwards Viscount Morley of Blackburn, to Elspeth Thomson, afterwards Grahame; 1 July 1891, 20 March 1894. Purchased at Christie's, 20 Dec. 1972, lot 186.

ff. 66-69. 178 x 114mm., 176 x 111mm.

M. Letter of Albert Chevalier, comedian; n.d. Purchased at Christie's, 20 Dec. 1972, lot 186.

ff. 70-71. 180 x 112mm.

N. Letter from Sir Edwin Arnold, poet, to Elspeth Thomson, afterwards Grahame; 25 Nov. 1894. Purchased at Christie's, 20 Dec. 1972, lot 186.

ff. 72-73. 180 x 115mm.

O. Letter from Rear-Admiral John Arbuthnot Fisher, afterwards 1st Baron Fisher, to Elspeth Thomson, afterwards Grahame; 19 May 1893. Purchased at Christie's, 20 Dec. 1972, lot 186.

ff. 74-75. 187 x 121mm.

P. Letter from Patrick Egan of the United States Legation in Santiago, Chile, to Justin McCarthy, M.P.; 20 June 1891. Relating to the visit of Señor Don Jorje Astaburuaga to London, en route to Washington as Secretary of the Chilian Legation. Purchased at Christie's, 20 Dec. 1972, lot 186.

ff. 76-77. 259 x 205mm.

Q. Autograph of William Ewart Gladstone on an envelope addressed to Justin McCarthy, M.P.; 19 Dec. 1887 (postmark). Purchased at Christie's, 20 Dec. 1972, lot 186.

f. 78. 67 x 120mm.

R. Letter of Henri Georges Stéphane Adolphe Opper de Blowitz, journalist; n.d. French. Purchased at Christie's, 20 Dec. 1972, lot 186.

f. 79. 198 x 151mm.

S. Letter from Rudyard Kipling to Kenneth Grahame; 27 June 1914. Typewritten and signed. Purchased at Christie's, 20 Dec. 1972, lot 186.

f. 80. 265 x 202mm.

T. Two letters from Edward Verrall Lucas to Kenneth Grahame; 13 Dec. 1913, [25?] Jan. 1914. Purchased at Christie's, 20 Dec. 1972, lot 186.

ff. 81-83. 181 x 113mm., 229 x 173mm.

U. Letter from Thomas Anstey Guthrie ('F. Anstey') to Elspeth Grahame née Thomson, a year after the death of Kenneth Grahame, with envelope; 10 Sep. 1933. Purchased at Christie's, 20 Dec. 1972, lot 186.

ff. 84-86. 153 x 99mm.

V. Letter from Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole to Elspeth Grahame née Thomson; 5 Dec. 1937. Purchased at Christie's, 20 Dec. 1972, lot 186.

f. 87. 180 x 139mm.

W. Two letters from Norman Douglas in Florence to Rev. Alphonsus Joseph-Mary Augustus Montague Summers, the first on the subject of aphrodisiacs; 21 June 1930, 5 Oct. 1930. Purchased from Covent Garden Bookshop, 9 Dec. 1972.

ff. 88-89. 270 x 215mm.

X. Two letters from Paul Hindemith in Vevey, Switzerland, to Dame Edith Louisa Sitwell; 12 May 1961, 12 June 1961. The letters include praise of Sitwell's anthology, The Atlantic Book of British and American Poetry (1959), and of Sitwell's own poetry including 'Façade', a musical collaboration with William Walton, as well as ideas for 'composable poems', possible collaborations between Sitwell and Hindemith. The second letter nonetheless includes Hindemith's rejection of Sitwell's proposition of turning her life of Thomas Carlyle published in English Eccentrics (1933) into a short opera. Purchased at Sotheby's, 5 Dec. 1972, lot 807.

ff. 90-93. 210 x 145mm., 296 x 210mm.

Y. Autograph fragment of 'Flowering Rifle' by Roy Campbell; circa 1939. This is an early version of the last part of Book V of 'Flowering Rifle' which differs substantially from the poem published in Collected Poems (1949). Numbered '1' in ballpoint by Mrs Mary Campbell. Purchased at Sotheby's, 5 Dec. 1972, lot 761.

f. 94. 173 x 110mm.

Z. Five sonnets and a poem by and relating to Michel Angelo Buonarroti; late 16th cent. Italian. Michel Angelo's sonnet 'Le Favole del mondo m'hanno tolto' joins two others purporting to be by Michel Angelo referring to works of art, and, in a second hand, a four-line poem on Michel Angelo's 'La Notte' with two sonnets by Paolo di Rosso on a marble crucifix by Benvenuto Cellini. 'Le Favole' contains some variants from the printed text published in 1623. Purchased from Bernard Quaritch Ltd., cat. 920, no. 127, 12 Jan. 1973.

ff. 95-96. 283 x 215mm.

AA. Letter from Benjamin Disraeli, afterwards 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, to Henry Lucas, announcing his purchase of the Hughenden estate; 2 March 1847. Purchased from Maggs Bros., cat. 949, no. 36, 5 Jan. 1973.

ff. 97-98. 181 x 110mm.

BB. Letter from Gen. Charles George Gordon, whilst Governor-General of the Sudan, to Major Lloyd of the Royal Military Academy in Woolwich, relating to Gordon's service in the Crimean War and the importance of mining; 1 Dec. 1877. Purchased from Maggs Bros., cat. 949, no. 63,

5 Jan. 1973.

ff. 99-101. 207 x 164mm.

CC. Algernon Charles Swinburne: Proof of Euthanotos and single page of the proof of Mary Stuart, with autograph corrections for the latter and comments on presentation for the former; 1881. Purchased from D. Ridley, Esq., of West Chiltington, co. Suss., 5 Feb. 1973.

ff. 102-104. 183 x 118mm., 189 x 126mm.

DD. Postcard with envelope from James Abbott McNeill Whistler to Walter Theodore Watts, afterwards Watts-Dunton; 16 July 1883. Purchased from D. Ridley, Esq., of West Chiltington, co. Suss., 5 Feb. 1973.

ff. 105-106. 89 x 114mm.

EE. Letter from Robert Gordon Latham, ethnologist and philologist, to Walter Theodore Watts, afterwards Watts-Dunton, on prosody; before 1888. Purchased from D. Ridley, Esq., of West Chiltington, co. Suss., 5 Feb. 1973.

ff. 107-108. 325 x 202mm.

FF. Leaf from a Port Book, together with two non-consecutive leaves from a Customs record book of taxes on imports; 1566, late 16th cent. Latin. See sale catalogue of P. M. Barnard, no. 51, lot 258. Incorporated from the miscellaneous papers of Dr Eric George Millar, Keeper of Manuscripts at the British Museum, March 1973.

Vellum; ff. 109-112. 368 x 263mm., 370 x 260mm.

GG. Three letters from Margaretta Eagar to 'Alice' (Elizabeth) Sargint; 1899-1904. The letters are written from the Russian court at St Petersburg where Margaretta Eager was employed as a nanny to the Tsar's children. See also the autobiographical, Six years at the Russian Court (1906). Presented by Noel Sargint, Esq., of Evesham, co. Worc., 16 Jan. 1973.

ff. 113-126. Various sizes.

HH. Letter of James Easley, concerning the wreck of the 'Hibernia' on 5 Feb. 1833; 5-9 March 1833. Presented by Mrs A. S. Davidge, of Cheltenham, 10 Jan. 1973.

ff. 127-128. 312 x 218mm.

II. Letter from Gustav Mahler to Henri Hinrichsen, director of the publishers C. F. Peters & Co., together with a carbon copy of Hinrichsen's typewritten reply, relating to the publication of Mahler's Fifth Symphony; 1 June 1910, 2 June 1910. German. See also Add. 59652 A. Purchased from H. Baron, Esq., of London, 8 March 1973.

ff. 129-131. 176 x 136mm., 284 x 225mm.

JJ. 'In an eighteenth century drawing room' by Raymond Scott, novelty for piano, based on a theme by Mozart; circa 1939. Autograph. Presented by Miss Sylvia Schweppe, 5 May 1973.

ff. 132-135. 343 x 255mm.

KK. Four newsletters relating to the 'Popish Plot' and the murder of Sir Edmund Berry Godfery; 1678-1688. British Museum bookstamps on all four letters dated 28 Feb. 1957. Transferred from the Department of Printed Books, Oct. 1973.

ff. 136-139. Various sizes.

LL. Letter from William Hayley to George Romney, written during Hayley's first visit to the poet William Cowper and Mrs Mary Unwin; May 1792. Purchased at Sotheby's, 9 Oct. 1973, lot 325.

ff. 140-141. 229 x 185mm.

MM. First page of a letter from Roy Campbell to Dame Edith Louisa Sitwell, relating to the discovery of the only surviving fragment of his early poem 'The Golden Shower', the manuscript of which Campbell had lost on leaving Africa in 1926; circa 1950. Purchased at Sotheby's, 17 July 1973, lot 669.

f. 142. 207 x 159mm.

NN. Six letters from Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, afterwards K.C.V.O., to Philip Arnold Heseltine ('Peter Warlock'); circa 1928. Purchased from R. R. Guest Esq., 29 April 1973.

ff. 143-148. Various sizes.

OO. Letter from Sir Joseph Banks to Dr [George?] Pearson; 15 Jan. 1807. Transferred from the British Museum, Department of Ethnography, May 1973.

ff. 149-150. 232 x 187mm.

PP. Letter of William Michael Rossetti, concerning photographic reproductions of the works of his brother Dante Gabriel Rossetti; 10-14 May 1890. Presented by Mrs Esther W. Adams, of Stocksfield, co. Northumb., 27 Nov. 1972.

ff. 151-152. 178 x 112mm.

QQ. Four letters to [Henry?] Wilmot from [Achille?] Dumain, and one from the latter's mother to her son via Wilmot, the last sent by balloon from Paris during the Prussian siege; 16 Aug.-8 Nov. 1870. French. Together with an explanatory note by Henry Wilmot. Presented by F. Wilmot, Esq., of London, 29 June 1973.

ff. 153-167. Various sizes.

RR. Two notes of Queen Victoria, announcing Council meetings, together with related notes from: Arthur John Bigge, C.B., afterwards G.C.B. and Baron Stamfordham, to Arthur Wellesley Peel, Speaker of the House of Commons and afterwards 1st Viscount Peel; Victor Christian William Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire, to Arthur James Balfour, afterwards 1st Earl of Balfour, and Balfour to Devonshire; 1891-1899. Presented by F. Wilmot, Esq., of London, 29 June 1973.

ff. 168-176. Various sizes.

SS. Two letters of Julius Parnell Gilson, Keeper of Manuscripts at the British Museum, together with a letter of John Alexander Herbert, Deputy Keeper of the same, concerning possible manuscript acquisitions; 1923-1924. Presented by Miss Winifred A. Myers, of London, 3 July 1973. The first letter from Gilson is attached to a larger sheet marked 'Deposit 6205'.

ff. 177-181. Various sizes.

TT. Three letters of George Canning; 20 June 1812, 12 June 1812, 21 Sept. 1824. Purchased at Sotheby's, 5 June 1973, lot 437.

ff. 182-185. Various sizes.

UU. Letter from Maj.-Gen. Sir Herbert Kitchener, afterwards Earl Kitchener, to Sir Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer, written in Wady Halfa and relating to the construction of railways in the Sudan during the 'River War'; 24 Feb. 1897. Purchased from Charavay of Paris, 28 June 1973, lot 122.

ff. 186-189. 213 x 133mm.

VV. Postcard from William Ewart Gladstone to John Hallam, of Toronto City Council, relating to the Church of England; 28 Aug. 1897. Presented by Professor A. Farris, of Knox College, Toronto, 4 Oct. 1973.

f. 190. 130 x 83mm.

WW. Notes by Edmund Malone, author and critic, listing items from the sale in 1757 of manuscripts formerly belonging to Sir Julius Caesar; circa 1801 (watermark). Belonged to Sir Thomas Phillipps (MS. 34456). Formerly the property of Miss E. A. T. Winchester, and purchased at her sale at Sotheby's, 18 July 1973, lot 161.

ff. 191-192. 328 x 200mm. (unfolded).

XX. 'The Death of Topsy, a Drama of the Future in One unjustifiable Act' by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, together with a verse entitled 'The Next New Hamlet's Soliloquy' and a limerick, 'There's an eminent poet named Morris

. . .'; 17 Oct. 1878. Autograph. The comic sketch, featuring one 'William Topsy Morris', verse and limerick, were together posted to Mrs William Morris. The envelope fastened with monogrammatic seal of Rossetti. Presented by G. W. Steele, Esq., of Ormskirk, co. Lanc., 1 March 1965. Incorporated Dec. 1973.

ff. 193-200. Various sizes.