Add MS 58079

MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS AND PAPERS; 1701-1963, n.d.

Paper; ff. 103. British Library arrangement.

A. Letter from Jan Garrigue Masaryk in London to Group-Captain Malcolm Grahame Christie, recording the former's perceptions of Conrad Henlein, the Sudeten leader, and Edvard BeneÈ, the newly-elected President of Czechoslovakia; 6 Jan. 1936. The letter also describes Czech anxieties about the 'supernationalism which combined with gangsterism seems to be swaying Europe'. Pencil annotation [by M. G. Christie?] reading, 'Lunch Travellers [Club] 21st - 23rd'. Presented by L. R. Christie, Esq., 12 Jan. 1974.

ff. 1-2. 269 x 178mm.

B. Anonymous memorandum entitled, 'A Scheme for raising Money for the Publick Service, in a Parliamentary Way, without any sensible Burden on the Subject'; mid 18th cent. (watermark). Transferred from the Department of Printed Books, Jan. 1974.

ff. 3-4. 310 x 196mm. Watermark of Arms of Hanover close to Heawood (1950), 443, 450.

C. Letter from Dr Nikolaus Bernhard Leon Pevsner, knt. 1969, of Göttingen University, to Dr Eric George Millar, of the British Museum Department of Manuscripts; 21 March 1931. German. Transferred from departmental correspondence, Jan. 1974.

f. 5. 275 x 194mm.

D. Letter from Sabine, Countess von Bassewitz, to Lady Jane Stewart née Douglas, daughter of James Douglas, 2nd Marquess of Douglas; 13 Sept. 1748. French. Seal impression on envelope. For other letters of the Countess von Bassewitz to Lady Jane Stewart, see Letters of . . . Lady Jane Douglas (1797). Presented by the Friends of the National Libraries, 21 Feb. 1974.

ff. 6-8. 187 x 117mm.

E. Letter from Humfrey Wanley in London to John Jackson, nephew of Samuel Pepys, in Madrid, outlining various scholarly and antiquarian commissions for the latter to undertake; 11 March-7 April 1701. Purchased at Sotheby's, 25 March 1974, lot 247.

ff. 9-12. 199 x 160mm.

F. Autograph draft of the epilogue to 'The Dog beneath the Skin' by Wystan Hugh Auden, largely rejected by the author; circa 1934. Together with a letter from Stephen Spender to Daniel Philip Waley, Keeper of Manuscripts at the British Library, concerning the date of the draft; 25 April 1974. Formerly the property of Miss Elizabeth Spender. Purchased at her sale at Christie's, 4 April 1974, lot 386.

ff. 13-14. 252 x 202mm; 203 x 158mm.

G. Correspondence of Thomas Hastie Bell, author of Oscar Wilde Without Whitewash, relating for the most part to Oscar Wilde; 1901-1939, n.d. Purchased from his daughter, Marion Bell of Los Angeles, 1974.

ff. 15-43. Various sizes.

1. ff. 15-16. Two letters from Frank Harris concerning financial matters; 19 Nov. 1901.

2. ff. 17-22. Three letters from Edith Schiff concerning Frank Harris and financial matters; 26 Dec. 1901, 7 Jan. 1902, 10 March 1902.

3. ff. 23-31. Two letters from Lord Alfred Bruce Douglas concerning Robert Harborough Sherard's book on Oscar Wilde; 19 Sept. 1930, n.d. Together with typewritten copies of Bell's letters to Lord Douglas and to – Turner (signed) on the same subject; 15 Dec. 1938, 12 April 1935.

4. ff. 32-34. Signed letter from Samuel Kerkham Ratcliffe concerning Sir Patrick Geddes, with a copy of Bell's letter to Ratcliffe; 8 April 1935, 3 April 1935. Typewritten.

5. f. 35. Letter from Havelock Ellis concerning Edward Carpenter; 1 April 1936.

6. f. 36. Letter from Henry Woodd Nevinson relating to the 'Freedom Group'; 20 April 1936. Typewritten and signed.

7. ff. 37-40. Letter from John Cowper Powys relating to Powys' historical novel Owen Glendower (New York, 1940); 5 July 1939.

8. ff. 41-43. Letter from Alfred Tennyson, nephew of the poet Alfred, 1st Baron Tennyson, relating to his financial difficulties and to Frank Harris; n.d.

H. Letter of Isaac Pitman, knt. 1894, inventor of modern shorthand; 28 April 1882. Shorthand. Together with a decipherment and description. Purchased from John Wilson Antiquarian Booksellers, cat. 13, no. 84, 11 April 1974.

ff. 44-46. 187 x 104mm.

I. Letter of Maj.-Gen. John Moore, knt. 1804, relating to the reprimand of an unidentified colonel; 22 July 1803. Together with a print of Moore; n.d. See also Add. 57320-57332. Purchased from T. R. G. Lawrence & Son, Crewkerne Sale, 25 April 1974, lot 65.

ff. 47-49. 234 x 185mm.

J. Letter from Roy Campbell to [Michael al. William Edward?] Roberts, relating to amounts charged by the former for permission to use his poems, presumably for an anthology; circa 1933-1936. Purchased from John Wilson Antiquarian Booksellers, cat. 15, no. 18, 4 June 1974.

f. 50. 99 x 155mm.

K. Report to the Committee of Public Safety by Bernard Thomas Trehouart de Beaulieu, member of the National Convention for the Department of Ille et Verlaine, concerning the Vendéan War and the suppression of the Chouans of Brittany; 17 April 1794. French. Purchased from Blackwell Booksellers, 24 May 1974.

ff. 51-54. 355 x 225mm.

L. Letter from Gustav Holst to Adrian Cedric Boult, knt. 1937, concerning the 'Lyric Movement' for solo viola and orchestra composed in 1933 and first performed in March 1934; 11 Feb. 1934. The letter was written from the New Lodge Clinic, Windsor Forest, three months before Holst's death. Purchased from Maggs Bros., cat. 959, no. 70, 25 June 1974.

ff. 55-57. 177 x 114mm.

M. Letter from Thomas Hardy, the 'consistent and patriotic champion of Parliamentary Reform', to – Barrere, probably Bertrand Barère de Vieuzac, French regicide and member of the Committee of Public Safety, in exile in Belgium, to accompany the gift of Biographical Anecdotes of the Founders of the French Revolution (1797); 10 Sept. 1827. Together with a printed notice of Hardy's funeral; 18 Oct. 1832. Presented by John Ehrman, Esq., through the Friends of the National Libraries, 21 Aug. 1974.

ff. 58-62. 252 x 200mm.; 247 x 192mm.

N. Letter from William Wordsworth to Adam White, of the British Museum Zoological Department, relating to the sculptor John Flaxman; 29 May 1846. The letter is lightly mounted to a larger leaf, bearing numerous 19th-cent. biographical extracts about the poet. Purchased from John Wilson Antiquarian Booksellers, cat. 16, no. 140, 13 Sept. 1974.

ff. 63-66. 278 x 217mm.

O. Certificate of appointment of John William Brailsford as Deputy Keeper in the British Museum Department of British and Medieval Antiquities, with effect from 1 May 1963; 1 June 1963. Typewritten and signed by the Principal Trustees. Presented by J. W. Brailsford, Esq., 16 Sept. 1974.

f. 67. 330 x 203mm.

P. Opening bars of 'Selig sind, die Verfolgung leiden' by Wilhelm Kienzl, from his opera, 'Der Evangelimann', written down and presented to Fanny Kitzinger; 1 April 1898. Autograph. German. Composed in 1894 and first performed in Belin, 1895. Presented by Mrs Sophie Dann, daughter of the recipient, 1 Oct. 1974.

ff. 68-69. 169 x 130mm.

Q. 'Narrative of the circumstances preceding the destruction of the memoirs of Lord Byron' by Robert John Wilmot Horton, knt. 1831; circa 1824. Together with a letter from William Wise of Gray's Inn to Robert Long of Bath, mentioning Byron's financial affairs; 25 Oct. 1815. See also Add. 31037. British Museum bookstamps dated 27 April 1893. Transferred from the Department of Printed Books, 23 Oct. 1974.

ff. 70-79. 232 x 188mm., 323 x 202mm.

R. Letter from Thomas Wentworth of Boughton, Baron Raby and 3rd Earl of Strafford, to William Draycott, of Sysonby, his agent, chiefly on legal matters; 16 July 1726. See also Add. 22237, ff. 1-163. Purchased from Mrs C. E. Salter of London, N.W.11, 26 Nov. 1974.

ff. 80-83. 299 x 179mm.

S. Six letters from Philip Arnold Heseltine ('Peter Warlock') to William C. Smith of the British Museum Music Department, seeking collaboration on a projected history of early music printing and asking for employment at the British Museum; 23 Oct. 1927-2 Oct. 1928. Purchased from Richard MacNutt, Quarto cat. 11, no. 115, 18 Nov. 1974.

ff. 84-92. Largest size 229 x 178mm.

T. Letter from Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Bart., to Henry Kemble; n.d. Presented by F. N. Beaufort-Palmer, Esq., of Hove, co. Suss., 28 Nov. 1974.

ff. 93-94. 177 x 111mm.

U. Letter from Sidney Herbert, Secretary to the Admiralty, afterwards 1st Baron Herbert of Lea, to Henry Kemble; 18 May 1842. Presented by F. N. Beaufort-Palmer, Esq., of Hove, co. Suss., 28 Nov. 1974.

ff. 95-96. 177 x 114mm.

V. Letter from Benjamin Disraeli, afterwards 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, to Reginald Stuart Poole, of the British Museum Department of Coins and Medals (and afterwards Keeper), concerning an article on the 'Talmud' and touching on the Jewish contribution to literature; 6 Nov. 1867. Presented by F. N. Beaufort-Palmer, Esq., of Hove, co. Suss., 28 Nov. 1974.

ff. 97-99. 178 x 116mm.

W. Two letters from John Singer Sargent to Mrs Reta Jacomb-Hood; 1 Jan. 1915, n.d. Presented by F. N. Beaufort-Palmer, Esq., of Hove, co. Suss., 28 Nov. 1974.

ff. 100-102. 176 x 111mm., 81 x 117mm.

X. Letter from Henry James to Mrs Reta Jacomb-Hood; 25-26 Nov. 1915. Presented by F. N. Beaufort-Palmer, Esq., of Hove, co. Suss., 28 Nov. 1974.

f. 103. 254 x 204mm.