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WATTS-DUNTON PAPERS. Vol. III. A collection of signatures of prominent writers, artists, etc., most apparently cut from letters and some with traces of earlier mounts; 1869-1895, n.d. Arranged in rough alphabetical order, mounted on lined paper and annotated with names and dates of birth and death. Preceded (ff. 1-5) by a typescript list of contents. Items described here as 'Notes' or very short letters were removed [by the compiler?] and placed with the 'Main Collection' (now Add. 70627 and 70628 above).

ff. ii+251. Leaves 327 x 202mm.

includes:

f. 7 Edwin Austin Abbey, RA: Signature: n.d.
f. 8 William Harrison Ainsworth, alias 'Cheviot Ticheburn'; novelist: Signature: n.d.
f. 9 Alfred Austin, Poet Laureate: Signature: n.d.
f. 10 Matthew Arnold, poet and critic: Signature: n.d.
f. 12 Sir Edwin Arnold, KCIE; poet: Signature: n.d.
f. 14 Robert Browning, poet: Signature: 1880.
f. 15 Henry Thomas Mackenzie Bell, author: Signature: n.d.
f. 16 Sir James Matthew Barrie, Baronet; author: Signature: n.d.
f. 17 Lucy Byron, [wife of George, 8th Baron Byron ?]: Signature: n.d.
ff. 19-21 Ford Madox Brown, artist: Signatures: n.d.
f. 22 Karl Blind, political exile: Signature: n.d.
f. 24 Sir Richard Francis Burton, explorer and scholar: Signature: n.d.
ff. 25, 26 Mathilde Blind, poet: Signatures: n.d.
f. 27 John Elliot Burns, PC; MP: Signature: n.d.
f. 29 Wilson Barrett, actor-manager: Signature: n.d.
f. 30 William Black, novelist: Signature: n.d.
f. 31 Edward Maitland, mystical writer: Signature: n.d.
f. 33 Arthur John Hallam Montefiore Brice, author: Signature: n.d.
ff. 36, 37 John Churton Collins, literary critic: Signatures: n.d.
ff. 38, 39 Archibald Campbell, son of George, 8th Duke of Argyll: Signatures: n.d.
f. 40 Sir Thomas Henry Hall Caine, KBE; novelist: Signature: n.d.
ff. 42, 43 Joseph William Comyns Carr, critic and dramatist: Signatures: n.d.
f. 44 Ernest Hartley Coleridge, grandson of S T Coleridge; author: Signature: n.d.
ff. 45, 46 Ramsay Colles, author: Signatures: n.d.
f. 48 Rosa Crosbie, wife of J Crosbie: Signature: n.d.
f. 49 James Crosbie, JP; of Ballyheigue Castle, county Kerry: Signature: n.d.
f. 50 Julia Elizabeth Christian, daughter of W B Christian: Signature: n.d.
f. 51 George W. Crosbie: Signature: n.d.
f. 52 John Hurly Collins, of Ballyheigue: Signature: n.d.
f. 53 Maria Bowes Christian, 3rd wife of W B Christian: Signature: n.d.
f. 54 William Bell Christian, Manx politician: Signature: n.d.
f. 56 Henry Austin Dobson, author: Signature: n.d.
f. 57 John Drinkwater, playwright and theatre manager: Signature: n.d.
f. 58 Charles Dickens, novelist: Signature: n.d.
f. 59 William Erasmus Darwin, son of Charles Darwin; banker and geologist: Signature: n.d.
f. 61 Albert Venn Dicey, Professor of English Law at Oxford University: Signature: n.d.
f. 63 Charlotte Elliot, hymn-writer: Signature: n.d.
f. 66 Harry Buxton Forman, CB; author: Signature: n.d.
f. 67 Percy Hetherington Fitzgerald, author: Signature: n.d.
f. 68 Edgar Fawcett, novelist: Signature: n.d.
ff. 70-73 Sir Edmund William Gosse, writer: Signatures: n.d.
f. 74 Francis Hindes Groome, Romany scholar: Signature: n.d.
ff. 76, 77 Reverend Alexander Balloch Grosart, editor: Signatures: n.d.
ff. 80, 81 Thomas Gordon Hake, physician and poet; nephew of Lieutenant -General H W Gordon: Signatures: n.d.
ff. 82, 83 Vicomte Victor Marie Hugo,; author: Signatures: n.d.
ff. 85, 86 William Holman Hunt, painter: Signatures: n.d.
f. 87 Thomas Hardy, OM; novelist: Signature: n.d.
f. 88 Franz Hueffer, formerly Francis; music critic: Signature: n.d.
ff. 90, 91 Edwin Harrison, scholar: Signatures: n.d.
ff. 93-95 Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton: Signatures: n.d.
f. 96 John Pyke Hullah, LLD; composer: Signature: n.d.
f. 98 Cordelia Haworth-Booth, wife of B B Haworth-Booth: Signature: n.d.
f. 98 Lieutenant-Colonel Benjamin Blaydes Haworth-Booth, barrister-at-law: Signature: n.d.
f. 100 Mary E. Haworth: Signature: n.d.
f. 101 Hengist Horne, or Richard Henry; author: Signature: n.d.
f. 103 Jean Ingelow, poet and novelist: Signature: n.d.
ff. 105, 106 Benjamin Jowett, Master of Balliol College, Oxford: Signatures: n.d.
f. 107 Henry Arthur Jones, dramatist: Signature: n.d.
ff. 108, 109 Herbert Jenkins, publisher: Signatures: n.d.
f. 112 Henry Kingsley, brother of Charles Kingsley; novelist: Signature: n.d.
ff. 114, 115 John Coulson Kernahan, author: Signatures: n.d.
f. 117 William Angus Knight, Professor of Moral Philosophy at St Andrews University: Signature: n.d.
ff. 119, 120 Eliza Lynn Linton, née Lynn; novelist: Signatures: n.d.
ff. 121, 122 Richard Le Gallienne, author: Signatures: n.d.
f. 123 John Lawrence Lambe, poet and dramatist: Signature: n.d.
f. 125 Edward Verrall Lucas, of Methuen and Co.; author and publisher: Signature: n.d.
ff. 127, 128 Mary Charlotte Julia Leith, née Gordon; cousin of A C Swinburne: Signatures: n.d.
f. 130 Gerald Massey, poet: Signature: n.d.
f. 131 William Morris, poet and artist: Signature: n.d.
f. 132 Jane Morris, wife of William Morris: Signature: n.d.
f. 133 George Eric Mackay, author: Signature: n.d.
f. 134 William Maxse Meredith, son of George Meredith; publisher: Signature: n.d.
ff. 136-138 Mrs Mary Louisa Molesworth, writer for children: Signatures: n.d.
f. 139 George Meredith, novelist: Signature: n.d.
ff. 140, 146 John Morley, Viscount Morley of Blackburn: Signatures: n.d.
ff. 142, 143 Mrs Louise Chandler Moulton, American poet: Signatures: n.d.
ff. 144, 145 John Westland Marston, poet: Signatures: n.d.
ff. 148, 149 Philip Bourke Marston, poet: Signatures: n.d.
f. 150 Theophilus Julius Henry Marzials, writer: Signature: n.d.
f. 151 Joaquin Miller, alias Cincinnatus Hiner; American author: Signature: n.d.
f. 152 William Hurrell Mallock, author: Signature: n.d.
f. 154 Frederic William Henry Myers, poet and essayist: Signature: n.d.
f. 156 Stéphane Mallarmé, poet: Signature: n.d.
f. 157 Walter Horatio Pater, author and critic: Signature: n.d.
ff. 159, 160 John Nichol, Professor of English Language and Literature at Glasgow University: Signatures: n.d.
ff. 161, 162 Alfred Noyes, poet: Signatures: n.d.
f. 164 Conrad le Despenser Roden Noel, Vicar of Thaxted; writer: Signature: n.d.
f. 165 Sir William Robertson Nicoll, CH; journalist: Signature: n.d.
f. 166 Hon Roden Berkeley Wriothesley Noel, poet: Signature: n.d.
f. 168 Arthur William Edgar O'Shaughnessy, poet and herpetologist: Signature: n.d.
f. 169 Thomas Power O'Connor, MP; journalist: Signature: n.d.
f. 170 Minnie O'Malley: Signature: n.d.
f. 172 Thomas Purnell, author and journalist: Signature: n.d.
f. 173 Anne Benson Procter, wife of B W Procter, alias 'Barry Cornwall', poet: Signature: n.d.
f. 174 John Purchas, Perpetual Curate of St James's, Brighton: Signature: n.d.
f. 176 James Orchard Halliwell, afterwards Halliwell-Phillipps; Shakespearian scholar: Signature: n.d.
f. 177 Emily Jane Pfeiffer, poet: Signature: n.d.
ff. 178, 179 George Ernest John Powell, Welsh squire: Signatures: n.d.
ff. 182, 183 Dante Gabriel Rossetti, poet and painter: Signatures: n.d.
f. 185 Christina Georgina Rossetti, poet: Signature: n.d.
ff. 186, 187 William Michael Rossetti, author and art critic: Signatures: n.d.
f. 188 Anne Isabella Ritchie, née Thackeray; novelist; wife of Sir R T W Ritchie: Signature: n.d.
ff. 190-193 Frederick William Robinson, novelist and editor: Signatures: n.d.
f. 196 John Ruskin, author, artist and social reformer: Signature: n.d.
f. 197 Fabian Arthur Besant Rice, dramatist and journalist: Signature: n.d.
ff. 199-201 Algernon Charles Swinburne, poet: Signatures: 1895, n.d.
f. 202 Henry Sewell Stokes, Cornish poet: Signature: n.d.
ff. 204, 205 William Bell Scott, poet and painter: Signatures: n.d.
ff. 206, 207 Arthur William Symons, poet and critic: Signatures: n.d.
f. 208 Gipsy Rodney Smith, evangelist: Signature: n.d.
f. 210 Clement King Shorter, journalist and author: Signature: n.d.
f. 211 John Addington Symonds, author: Signature: n.d.
ff. 212, 213 William Sharp, alias 'Fiona Macleod'; writer: Signatures: n.d.
ff. 215, 216 George Barnett Smith, author: Signatures: n.d.
f. 217 Richard Herne Shepherd, writer: Signature: n.d.
f. 218 William Sharp: Signature: n.d.
f. 220 Sandford Arthur Strong, orientalist and art historian: Signature: n.d.
f. 221 Sir Roundell Palmer, 1st Baron and 1st Earl of Selborne; Lord Chancellor: Signature: n.d.
ff. 222, 223 Frederic James Shields, artist: Signatures: n.d.
f. 229 Edward John Trelawny, author and adventurer: Signature: n.d.
f. 230 Anthony Trollope, novelist: Signature: n.d.
f. 231 Martin Farquhar Tupper, author: Signature: n.d.
ff. 233, 234 John Byrne Leicester Warren, 3rd Baron De Tabley; poet and scholar: Signatures: n.d.
f. 235 Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson: Signature: 1891.
f. 238 Emilie Venturi, née Ashurst; writer; wife of Carlo Venturi: Signature: n.d.
f. 239 John Stuart Verschoyle, clergyman and editor: Signature: n.d.
f. 240 Comtesse Lavinie Vilrue-Hautemont: Signature: n.d.
f. 242 James Abbott McNeill Whistler, painter: Signature: n.d.
f. 243 Walt Whitman, poet: Signature: n.d.
f. 244 Clara Jane Watts-Dunton, wife of W T Watts-Dunton: Signature: n.d.
ff. 246, 247 Walter Theodore Watts-Dunton, formerly Watts; critic, novelist and poet: Signatures: n.d.
f. 248 Mrs Augusta Webster, poet: Signature: n.d.
f. 249 Thomas James Wise, book collector: Signature: n.d.
f. 251 William Thomson, Archbishop of York: Signature: 1869.

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Names:

Abbey, Edwin Austin, RA
Ainsworth, William Harrison, novelist, 1805-1882
Arnold, Edwin, Knight, poet and journalist, 1832-1904
Arnold, Matthew, poet and critic, 1822-1888
Austin, Alfred, poet and journalist, 1835-1913
Barrett, Wilson, actor-manager, 1846-1904
Barrie, James Matthew, Baronet, author, 1860-1937
Bell, Henry Thomas Mackenzie, author
Black, William, novelist
Blind, Karl, political exile
Blind, Mathilde, poet
Brice, Arthur John Hallam Montefiore, author
Brown, Ford Madox, artist, 1821-1893,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000120279713
Browning, Robert, poet, 1812-1889
Burns, John Elliot, PC, MP
Burton, Richard Francis, Knight, explorer and author, 1821-1890
Byron, Lucy, wife of George 8th Baron Byron ?
Caine, Thomas Henry Hall, Knight, novelist, 1853-1931
Campbell, Archibald, son of George 8th Duke of Argyll
Carr, Joseph William Comyns, writer of plays, 1849-1916
Christian, Julia Elizabeth, daughter of W B Christian
Christian, Maria Bowes, 3rd wife of W B Christian
Christian, William Bell, Manx politician
Coleridge, Ernest Hartley, grandson of S T Coleridge, author
Colles, Ramsay, author
Collins, John Churton, literary critic
Collins, John Hurly, of Ballyheigue
Crosbie, George W
Crosbie, James, JP, of Ballyheigue Castle Kerry
Crosbie, Rosa, wife of J Crosbie
Darwin, William Erasmus, son of Charles Darwin, banker and geologist, 1839-1914
Dicey, Albert Venn, jurist, 1835-1922
Dickens, Charles John Huffam, novelist, 1812-1870,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000448885549,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/88666393
Dobson, Henry Austin, author and poet, 1840-1921
Drinkwater, John, poet and playwright, 1882-1937
Dunton, Clara Jane, wife of Walter Theodore Watts-Dunton, fl 1905-1922
Dunton, Walter Theodore, critic and poet, 1832-1914
Elliot, Charlotte, hymn-writer
Fawcett, Edgar, novelist, 1847-1904
Fitzgerald, Percy Hetherington, author and artist, 1834-1925
Forman, Harry Buxton, CB, author
Gosse, Edmund William, Knight, writer, 1849-1928
Groome, Francis Hindes, writer and scholar of Romani culture, 1851-1902
Grosart, Alexander Balloch, clergyman and editor, 1827-1899
Hake, Thomas Gordon, physician and poet, 1809-1895
Halliwell-Phillipps, James Orchard, antiquary and literary scholar, 1820-1889,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/000000010895785X
Hardy, Thomas, OM, novelist, 1840-1928,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121333830
Harrison, Edwin, scholar
Haworth, Mary E
Haworth-Booth, Benjamin Blaydes, Lieutenant-Colonel barrister-at-law
Haworth-Booth, Cordelia, wife of B B Haworth-Booth
Horne, Hengist, Richard Henry or author
Hueffer, Franz, Francis formerly music critic
Hugo, Victor Marie, author and politician, 1802-1885
Hullah, John Pyke, LLD, composer
Hunt, William Holman, painter, 1827-1910
Ingelow, Jean, poet and novelist
Jenkins, Herbert, publisher, 1876-1923
Jones, Henry Arthur, dramatist, 1851-1929
Jowett, Benjamin, Master of Balliol College Oxford, 1817-1893
Kernahan, John Coulson, author
Kingsley, Henry, brother of Charles Kingsley, novelist
Knight, William Angus, Professor of Moral Philosophy at St Andrews University
Lambe, John Lawrence, poet and dramatist
Le Gallienne, Richard Thomas, author, 1866-1947
Leith, Mary Charlotte Julia, née Gordon, writer, translator, illustrator and cousin of Algernon Swinburne, 1840-1926
Linton, Elizabeth Lynn, writer; known as Eliza, 1822-1898
Lucas, Edward Verrall, of Methuen and Co, author and publisher
Mackay, George Eric, author
Maitland, Edward, mystical writer
Mallarmé, Stéphane, poet, 1842-1898
Mallock, William Hurrell, author
Marston, John Westland, poet
Marston, Philip Bourke, poet
Marzials, Theophilus Julius Henry, writer
Massey, Gerald, poet, 1828-1907
Meredith, George, novelist, 1828-1909
Meredith, William Maxse, son of George Meredith, publisher
Miller, Joaquin, American author alias Cincinnatus Hiner
Milnes, Richard Monckton, 1st Baron Houghton
Molesworth, Mary Louisa, Mrs writer for children
Morley, John, Viscount Morley of Blackburn, statesman, 1838-1923
Morris, Jane, embroiderer and artist's model, wife of William Morris, 1839-1914
Morris, William, designer, author, and visionary socialist, 1834-1896
Moulton, Louise Chandler, Mrs American poet
Myers, Frederic William Henry, poet and essayist
Nichol, John, Professor of English Language and Literature at Glasgow University
Nicoll, William Robertson, CH, journalist
Noel, Conrad le Despenser Roden, Vicar of Thaxted, writer
Noel, Roden Berkeley Wriothesley, poet and essayist, 1834-1894
Noyes, Alfred, poet, 1880-1958
O'Connor, Thomas Power, MP, journalist
O'Malley, Minnie
O'Shaughnessy, Arthur William Edgar, poet and herpetologist
Palmer, Roundell, 1st Baron and 1st Earl of Selborne, Lord Chancellor
Pater, Walter Horatio, author and critic, 1839-1894
Pfeiffer, Emily Jane, poet
Powell, George Ernest John, Welsh squire
Procter, Anne Benson, wife of B W Procter al 'Barry Cornwall' poet
Purchas, John, Perpetual Curate of St James's Brighton
Purnell, Thomas, author and journalist
Rice, Fabian Arthur Besant, dramatist and journalist
Ritchie, Anne Isabella, née Thackeray novelist, wife of Sir R T W Ritchie
Robinson, Frederick William, novelist and editor, 1830-1901
Rossetti, Christina Georgina, poet, 1830-1894,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000110597312
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, poet and painter, 1828-1882
Rossetti, William Michael, author and art critic
Ruskin, John, author, artist and social reformer, 1819-1900
Scott, William Bell, poet and painter
Sharp, William
Sharp, William, alias 'Fiona Macleod', writer
Shepherd, Richard Herne, writer
Shields, Frederic James, artist
Shorter, Clement King, journalist and author
Smith, George Barnett, author
Smith, Gipsy Rodney, evangelist
Stokes, Henry Sewell, Cornish poet
Strong, Sandford Arthur, orientalist and art historian
Swinburne, Algernon Charles, poet, 1837-1909
Symonds, John Addington, author
Symons, Arthur William, poet, critic, magazine editor, 1865-1945
Tennyson, Hallam, 2nd Baron Tennyson
Thomson, William, Archbishop of York
Trelawny, Edward John, author and adventurer
Trollope, Anthony, novelist, 1815-1882
Tupper, Martin Farquhar, author
Venturi, Emilie, née Ashurst writer, wife of Carlo Venturi
Verschoyle, John Stuart, clergyman and editor
Vilrue-Hautemont, Lavinie, Comtesse
Warren, John Byrne Leicester, 3rd Baron De Tabley, poet and scholar, 1835-1895
Webster, Augusta, Mrs poet
Whistler, James Abbott McNeill, painter, 1834-1903
Whitman, Walt, poet, 1819-1892
Wise, Thomas James, book and manuscript collector, 1859-1937