Add MS 45982

MISCELLANE0US LETTERS AND PAPERS, viz.:-

A. 'A Chapter of Proverbs': a typewritten copy of verses by Rudyard Kipling (d. 1936), in 32 stanzas, unpublished in his lifetime and not included in the definitive edition of his verse, 1940; n.d. A covering letter from the donor (f. 3) states that, as in the case of Add. MS. 45680, ff. 155-156 (p. 218 above), the verses were given to him by Mrs Kipling, who had decided not to publish them. For MSS. of other literary works of Kipling in the Department of Manuscripts, see the description of Add. MSS. 44840, 44841, pp. 2-3 above. ff. 1-2. Presented by Sir Alfred Webb-Johnson. B. (1) Two vellum leaves, originally conjoint, from a Lectionary of the Mass, containing parts of lessons for Saturday after Pentecost (f. 4) and for the 7th Sunday after Trinity, with the following Wednesday and Friday (f. 5). Latin. First half of the XII cent. Written twenty-three lines to the page with red initials and rubrics. ff. 4-5;-(2) Two writs to the sheriff of co. Glamorgan concerning suits in the Exchequer Court relating to lands in the lordship of R.hossili (f. 6) and the manor of Ogmore (f. 7); 12 Feb. 16 Chas. I (1641). Vellum. Imperfect. Latin. ff. 6-7. Taken from the binding of John Reynolds, Triumphs of God's Revenge, 1640 (Department of Printed Books, press-mark 6055 h. 6). Transferred from the Department of Printed Books. C. Letter from Louis Raemaekers, Dutch cartoonist, to Mrs Herbert Perkins, relating to the disposal of three of his original drawings, then at the Canning Town Women's Settlement and now in the Department of Prints and Drawings; 11 June 1940. f. 8. Presented by the recipient. D. Letter, etc., from Stephen Butler Leacock, Canadian economist and humorist, to the British Museum, concerning the whereabouts of the MS. of The Pickwick Papers; 18 Mar. 1934. ff. 9-10. E. Letter from Anthony Panizzi (K.C.B. 1869), as Keeper of Printed Books in the British Museum, to William Buckland, Dean of Westminster, concerning the Grenville Library; 18 Jan. [1847?] f. 11. Presented by V. A. Eyles, Esq. F. Leaf from a Biblical Commentary (Luke xx. 14-21), the main text written eighteen lines to the page, with marginal and interlinear glosses. Vellum. XIII cent. f. 12. Taken from the binding of Daniel Cramer, Areteugenia, Wittenberg, 1592 (Department of Printed Books, press-mark 11712. aa.

19). Transferred from the Department of Printed Books. G. Admiralty papers and correspondence relating to the introduction of a revised scale of diet and comforts for Russian prisoners of war at Sheerness, Lewes, and Millbay; 26-27 Sept. 1854. Copies. ff. 13-20b. Transferred from the Department of Printed Books. H. Letters of, or relating to, Major-Gen. Charles George Gordon ('Chinese Gordon'), viz.:-(1) Letter from Gordon to his sister Mary Augusta; Jaffa, 26 Oct. 1883. The lower half of the sheet, with Gordon's signature, wanting. Not included in Letters of C. G. Gordon to his sister M. A. Gordon, 1888. f. 21;-(2) Translation of a letter from Gordon to the Mudir of Dongola, requesting news of the relief force; 28 Shaban 1301 (22 June 1884). f. 22;-(3) Letter from Gordon's sister, Mrs Wilhelmina Harriet Anderson to Miss Marianne Farningham (i.e. Mary Anne Hearn), the hymn-writer, asking for permission to reprint some of her verses; 19 Feb. 1885. ff. 23-26. Presented by Miss Hearn's nephew, F. J. Sharwood, Esq. I. Letters (11) from Arthur Wing Pinero, playwright (knt. 1909) to Beatrice Stella Campbell (Mrs Patrick Campbell, afterw. Mrs Cornwallis West), actress; 1893-1928. Two were printed by Mrs Campbell, My Life and some Letters, 1922, pp. 78-79 (ff. 29-30, 39-40). Included with the material is a typewritten copy of part of a letter from Mrs Campbell to Pinero, concerning royalties, 22 Mar. 1924 (f. 42). ff. 27-45. Presented by E. H. W. Meyerstein, Esq., F.R.S.L. K. Letter from Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, painter, to François Forster, engraver, altering the time of an appointment because of 'la cérémonie de notre croix', i.e. his investiture with the Cross of the Legion of Honour; [(?) 9 Jan. 1825, see the postmark, f. 47b]. ff. 46-47. Presented by E. G. D. Radclyffe, Esq. L. (1) Parts of two leaves from a Lectionary of the Mass, containing lessons for Friday in the fourth week after Easter (f. 48), the fifth Sunday after Easter, the eve of the Ascension, and the F. of St Michael (f. 49). Vellum. XII cent. ff. 48-49;-(2) Parts of two leaves from a MS. of Priscian, Institutiones Grammaticae (Bk. xviii, 16-21, 52-57), slightly abridged, and with the Greek quotations omitted. Vellum. XIII cent. Taken from the binding of Exempla sacre Scripture, Paris, P. Levet [1495?] (Department of Printed Books, pressmark IA. 39998), cf. M following. ff. 50, 51. Transferred from the Department of Printed Books. M. (1) Fragment of a leaf from a MS. of Juvenal (Satires, vi, 450-484). Paper. XV-XVI cent. f. 52;-(2) Fourteen leaves and two fragments from a MS. of Terence, Andria (Periocha-line 374) with profuse marginal and interlinear annotations. Paper. xv cent. ff. 53-68. Both taken from the binding of Exempla sacre Scripture, Paris, P. Levet [I495?] (Department of Printed Books, press-mark IA.39998), cf. L., art. 2, above. Transferred from the Department of Printed Books. N. Parts of two leaves from a treatise on Moral Theology, containing portions Of §§173 ('De pollucione nocturna')-176, 182, 183 ('De raptu mulierum'), all dealing with 'luxuria'. Vellum. XIV cent. Written in double columns, with red initials, rubrics, etc. ff. 69, 70. Used as the binding of Ervorderung und Verkundung ... F. von Sickingen zu Eberburg etc., 1519 (Department of Printed Books, press-mark 3905. bbb. 17 (1)). Transferred from the Department of Printed Books. The following articles, O-T, with Add. Ch. 71428-71433, were presented by Miss M. H. Turner. 0. 'A Child's Thought of God': poem by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, beg. 'They say that God lives very high!'. Autograph fair copy. First printed in Poems, 1850, ii, p. 533. f. 71. P. Letter from Dante Gabriel Rossetti, painter and poet, to Walter John Knewstub, artist, respecting the possible use by the latter of a room in Rossetti's house, 16 Cheyne Walk; circ. 1861. ff. 72-73. Q. Letter from Joseph Mallord William Turner, R.A., to Mrs -, referring to his work on a picture 'The Departure of the Doge'; Maiden Lane, 7 Jan. n.d. [bef. 1800]. f. 74. R. Letter from Richard, Marquess Wellesley, as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, to Sir Robert Peel, recommending the Earl of Clanricarde for an Irish marquessate; 23 Sept. 1825. Signed. Initialled, in approval, by King George IV. f. 75. S. Letter from Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, to Sir Robert Peel, requesting a few minutes' talk; War Office, 22 May 1828. ff. 77-78. T. Papers relating to Joseph Mallord, citizen and butcher of London, greatgrandfather of J. M. W. Turner, R.A., viz.:-(1) Inventory of his goods at Sugar Loaf Court, Leadenhall Street; 20 June 1731. ff. 79-83;-(2) Will, 2 Nov. 1741. Copy. Cf. A. J. Finberg, Life of J. M. W. Turner, R.A., 1939, p. 10. ff. 84-86. U. Letter from John Buffett, on Pitcairn Island, to Capt., afterw. Rear- Adm., Frederick William Beechey concerning the affairs of the islanders; 19 Mar. 1830. Endorsed with a note of receipt by Capt. the Hon. William Waldegrave, on board H.M.S. Seringapatam, who acted as conveyor (f. 88b). ff. 87-88. Presented by Mrs Sylvia M. Ivens. V. Short play, in three acts, written by Sir William Orpen, K.B.E., R.A. (b. 1878, d. 1931), for his children; n.d. Autograph. ff. 89-93. With a covering letter from the donor, f. 94. Presented by E. P. Alabaster, Esq. W. Letter from Alfred Edward Housman, poet and scholar, to the Department of Manuscripts, the British Museum, requesting the renewal of his Reader's ticket; 27 May 1926. ff. 95-96. Paper and (artt. B. L. F. N) vellum; ff. 96. Folio. xii-xx cent.