Add MS 38108-38111

CORRESPONDENCE of Leigh Hunt; 1807-1859. Four volumes. The great majority of the letters are addressed to Hunt, but some are written by himself, e.g. letters to Dr. Southwood Smith. The names of the writers are given in the Index; they include Lords Brougham and Macaulay, C. Dickens, T. N. Talfourd, J. S. Mill, John Forster, W. H. Ainsworth, John Bowring, and many others. Many of the letters are printed in Hunt's Correspondence, 1862. There are also letters addressed to Mrs. Hunt, to Thornton Hunt, Leigh Hunt's eldest son, and some others, bringing the extreme date down to 1862. Autograph MSS. of some of Hunt's literary productions are included, e.g. "The Dogs" (see The Liberal, 1822, p. 245). 38108, f. 204 ; "Virgil's Hostess" (ib. p. 377). f. 247 ;-(c) "My Books " (see The Literary Examiner, 5, 12 July, 1823). f. 262. In 38109, f. 1, is the prospectus of the Magazine projected by Hunt while in Italy (see Autobiography, p. 368), and agreements with publishers are in 38109, f. 325, 38110, ff. 7, 67, and 38111, f. 133. The MS. form of the sign manual with which Hunt closed his Examiner articles will be found in 38108, f. 194. In 38111 (f. 445 b) is an Arabic MS. consisting of friendly messages from Khwãjah Anton to Khwãjah Fadl Allãh concerning his voyages in South Western Europe; and in an envelope at the end (f. 450) is a lock of Thomas Stothard's hair. Paper; ff 340, 363, 411, 451. Folio.