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FIFTY-SEVEN original letters, many of which relate to the literary history of Cornwall and are addressed, except where otherwise stated, to George Clement Boase, joint-author of Bibliotheca Cornubiensis, 1874; 1845-1894. The writers are:-

William Yarrell, F.Z.S., to R[ichard] Q[uiller] Couch, referring to the 2nd edition of his History of British Birds; London, 18 Apr. 1845. f. 1. Albert Smith to on an ascent of Mont Blanc by Pidwell in 1837; London, 16 May, 1854. f. 3. [Rev.] Samuel Lysons to [Rev. Charles William Boase]; Hempsted Court, 10 March, 1860. f. 4. [Thomas Fortescue, Baron] Clermont, to [John Prideaux] Lightfoot, D.D. [Rector of Exeter College, Oxford]; Ravensdale Park, Newry, 27 May, 1869. f. 6. [Rev.] W[illiam] Basil Jones, Vicar of Bishopthorpe [Bishop of St. David's, 1874]; Bishopthorpe, 10 Sept. 1869. f. 10. Tom Hood the younger, editor of Fun [circ. 1869]. Three letters, with autobiographical notes. ff. 12-15. E[dward] A[ugustus] Freeman to [Rev. C. W. Boase]; Somerleaze, Wells, 7 May, 1870-13 Sept. 1891. Eighteen letters. fr. 16, 18, 34, 37, 38, 44, 50, 53, 57, 61, 73, 80-85, 89, 93, 97, 99. A[rchibald] C[amphell Tait, Archbishop of] Canterbury; Sept. 1870. A lithographed copy of a circular letter on Church of England Schools. f. 20. Henry Bradshaw, Librarian of Cambridge University, (a) to [Arthur Edward] Donkin [Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford]; Cambridge, 24 Jan. 1871. f. 22;(b) to [Rev. C. W. Boase]; Cambridge, 10 Fob. 1871. f. 24 ; - (c) to F[rederick] T[homas] Colby [Bursar of Exeter Coll., Oxford]; Cambridge, 13 March, 1871. f. 26. George Grote, historian, to C[harles Edward] Appleton [editor of the Academy]; London, 15 Apr. 1871. f. 27. [William] Blanchard Jerrold to H. M. Whitehead and Co.; London, 26 May, 1871. f. 29. [Rev.] F[rederick] H[enry Ambrose] Scrivener, prebendary of Exeter; Gerrans Rectory, 15 Sept. 1871. f. 31. A[lexander] J[ames] B[eresford] Beresford-Hope; Bedgebury Park, 20 Dec. 1871. f. 32. R[obert] M[ichael] Ballantyne; Edinburgh, 2 Sept. 1873. f. 36. G[eorge] Scharf, Keeper of the National Portrait Gallery, to Sir Edward Smirke, F.S.A.; London, 4 June, 1874. f. 40. Rev. Mark Pattison, Rector of Lincoln College, Oxford; Oxford, 7 June, 1874. f. 42. J[ohn] W[illiam Colenso, D.D., Bishop of] Natal; Kensington, 12 Dec. 1871. f. 46. W[illiam] R[alston] S[hedden] Ralston London, 5 May, 1875. f. 48. Anthony Trollope; London, 14 July, 1875. f. 52. [Harry George Powlett, Duke of] Cleveland; London, 8 Dec. 1876. f. 55. [Prince] L[ouis] L[ucien] Bonaparte; Bayswater, 30 Dec. 1876. f. 59. E[dward] W[hite Benson, Bishop of] Truro [Archbishop of Canterbury, 1882] to (a)-; 11 Sept. 1877. f. 63;-(b) Rev. C. W. Boase; Truro, etc., 1 Oct. 1877-4 Nov. 1879. Seven letters. ff. 64-71, 75, 77. J[oseph] D[alton] Hooker, Director of Kew, 18 Dec. 1879. f. 78. Karl Blind to John J[osias] A[rthur] Boase; South Hampstead, 18 Oct. 1881. f. 87. Arthur Kinglake to [Leslie] Stephen; Taunton, 3 Nov. 1887. f. 95. Williaim Morris, poet, etc.; Kelmscott House, Hammersmith, 23 Nov., 3 Dec. 1894, 15 June - Three letters. ff. 101-105.

Paper; ff. 106. Octavo. Presented by George Clement Boase, Esq.