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MISCELLANEOUS autograph letters, etc.; 1612-1894. A. Letters addressed chiefly, if not entirely, to Father Arnold Jerome Matthews by (1) William Bernard Ullathorne, R.C. Bishop of Birmingham, on the Benedictine order; Birmingham, 19 June, 1873. f. 1;-(2) Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, Dean of Westminster, on the Apostolical Succession; Westminster, 6 Nov. 1875. f. 3; -(3) Francis Close, Dean of Carlisle, on the same subject; Carlisle, 6 Nov. 1875. f. 5;-(4) Rev. Basil E. Popove, Chaplain to the Russian Embassy in London, as to the admission of an Anglican priest to the Eastern Church; Welbeck Street, 14 May, 1876. f. 7;-(5) Rev. Edward Bouverie Pusey, on the unity of the Church; Oxford, 2 Feb. 1879. f. 9;-(6) James Chadwick, R.C. Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle; Newcastle, 22 Alar. 1882. f. 10;-(7) Henry Edward, Cardinal Manning, Archbishop of Westminster; St. Edmunds, 8 Aug. 1884. f. 15 (8) William Clifford, R.C. Bishop of Clifton; Clifton, 26 Feb. 1885. f. 17;-(9) Edward, Cardinal Howard, as to the restoration of the order of Canons Regular of St. Gilbert; [1885]. f. 18;-(10) William Maziere Brady; Rome, 18 Oct. 1888. f. 20; -(11) Benjamin Jowett, Master of Balliol College, on a change of religion: " For the short time which we have to live either Church is enough. From no Church is anything like perfection to be expected Balliol College, 23 Apr. 1889. f. 22. Presented by Miss P. Duncan. B. Letters addressed to Dr. Frederic James Furnivall by (1) James Augustus Grant, African traveller; London, 13, 20 June, 1870. ff. 24, 26;-(2) Thomas Wright; London, 28 June, 1870. f. 25;-

31 Mark Antony Lower; Seaford, 9 July, 1870. f 29. Presented by Dr. F. J. Furnivall. C. Letter from Henry Kirke White, the poet, to Robert White Almond, entering largely into his religious difficulties: "To the ministry, either in o r out of the establishment, I am now finally devoted. I will waste no more of time which may be employed in the salvation of souls at a profession where there are no opportunities of doing good"; Nottingham, 14 April, 1804. f 31. Not included in his Life, 1856, where a letter of 18 April to the same correspondent is to be found (p. 36). D. Letters to Alexander Ireland from (1) James Russell Lowell, American Minister in England; London, 24 Nov. 1883. f. 33;-

(2) Oliver Wendell Holmes; Boston, 4 Jan., 23 Nov. 1884, 10 Jan. 1885. ff. 34-38. E. 1. Verses by Christina Georgina Rossetti, "To my Mother on her Birthday," 27 April, 1842. Autogr. f. 40. A note (f. 39) by William Michael Rossetti describes these as his sister's "first verses." 2. Verses by C. G. Rossetti, beg. "Sleeping at last," written, according to the endorsement by W. M. Rossetti, late in 1893 or early in 1894, and probably the last she wrote. Autogr. f. 41.

3. Sonnet by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, entitled "Love's Compass," published in the House of Life as "Heart's Compass." Autogr. f. 42. Presented by William Michael Rossetti, Esq. F. Ode, in Icelandic and Latin, addressed by the Icelanders to Alexander Jones, Captain of H.M.S. " Talbot," August, 1809, for delivering them from the rule of Jorgen Jorgensen. f 43. For an account of the revolution in Iceland in 1809 by Jorgen Jorgensen v. Eg. MSS. 2067, 2068; and for Capt. Jones's share in the affair v. Eg. MS. 2067, f. 55. Presented by Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker, K.C.S.I. G. Regulations, in Catalan, for the licensing of brandy-shops in the "Vila" of Santa Creu, in Selva [a small seaport in the province of Gerona in Spain]; 20 Jan. 1820. f. 45. Presented by Prof. Edward Spencer Dodgson. H. Letter from Thomas Bewick, the engraver, to his wife; Chillingham, 17 June, 1813. f 46. Presented by Jose h Crawhall, Esq., Executor of Miss Isabella Bewick. I. Letter from Lieut., afterwards Captain, Benjamin Clement, R.N., to his father, Thomas Clement, giving a vivid description of the battle of Trafalgar: "The signal was made 'England expects every individual will do his duty" Tonnant, at the Back of the Isle of White," 30 Nov. 1805. f. 48. K. Four letters from Thomas Taylor, the "Platonist," to Charles Taylor, Secretary of the Society of Arts; Adelphi, etc., 15 June, 1800-8 Sept. 1804. ff. 52-58. Followed (f. 59) by "Extracts from the Arguments of Celsus against the Christians as preserved by Origen." Presented by Edward Peacock, Esq. L. Statement of "the sufferings of Arthur Howland" and Elizabeth his wife; Plymouth gaol, 6 June, 1684. Photograph. f. 68. Presented by D. W. Howland, of Boston, U.S.A. M. Letter from John Searle to William Trumbull, Resident at Brussels: "The King is wryting a booke against the hereticke at Leyden [Vorstius], only to make knowne to the world what hath passed twixt the States and him as concerning the same partie. Mr. George Calvert is imployed in correcting the prynte. The booke is dedicated to Jesus Christ" (cf. Calendar of State Papers Domestic, 1611-1618, p. 111); London, 30 Jan. 1611[2]. f. 70. N. 1. Speech of Grover Cleveland, President of the United States, to the "Business Men's Democratic Association"; 9 Oct. 1891. Autogr. f. 72.

2. Letter from President Cleveland to the Hon. George F. Parker, United States Consul at Birmingham; Buzzard's Bay, Mass., 29 June, 1892. f. 82. Presented by the Hon. G. F. Parker. O. Letter from Don Balthassar de Rojas Pantoja to the Marquis of Montalvan; Santiago, 23 April, 1662. Span. f. 85. P. Letter from John Stuart Mill to Thomas Carlyle, on the public reception of the latter's French Revolution, more particularly on the review in Fraser's Magazine by John Abraham Heraud, and on expressions of opinion by Henry Taylor and Lockhart, with mention of his own treatise on logic; India House, 30 June, 1837. f. 86. Q. Letter from Matthew Pope to John Jacob, on the manufactures and products of Virginia, and enclosing specimens of the linen manufacture, with remarks on the feeling in America with regard to the Stamp Act, etc: "The Continental Congress have sent home their last petition to his Majesty . . . if it should meet with no better fate that (sc. than) the others, I am affraid a reconciliation will never take place, nay I can venture to pronounce a total loss of all America, if those Acts are not repealed very speedily." . . . "Independency of Great Britain I know they have the greatest objection to, it is what they have from the beginning of the dispute protested against," etc.; York Town, Virginia, 25 Aug. 1775. f. 88. Presented by Mrs. Bayle Bernard. R. Letter from Sir Humphry Davy to Sir William Sidney Smith; Grosvenor Street, 24 Oct. 1822. f. 91. S. Drawings of seals from deeds, of corbels, ornaments from Cardinal Bourchier's tomb in Canterbury Cathedral, etc., made for the wood blocks intended for the Rev. T. Streatfeild's History of Kent (cf. Add. 33,926). ff. 93-109. Presented by Mrs. Hannah Streatfeild. T. Two letters from Edward Drax to George Pitt, Baron Rivers, on his excavations at Silbury Hill, co. Wilts; Bath, 4 Nov. 1766, n. d. ff. 110, 112. Presented by A. Shervill, Esq. V. Letter from Edward, Duke of Kent, to David Stewart Erskine, Earl of Buchan, on the "Catholic question"; Kensington Palace, 30 April, 1812. With memoranda by Lord Buchan. f. 114. Paper; ff. 115. Folio.