Ashley MS 1364 (6)

C. G. Rossetti Notebooks. 3 Sept. 1864-11 June 1866. The text is written on both sides of thirty-one leaves of ruled cream laid paper, and on one side only of a further leaf (f. 32). No watermark. The principal revisions and additions to the text of the poems are as follows:― (a) Additions and corrections by Christina. ff. 2, 5b, 6b, 7, 8, 9b-12, 13, 13b, 15-16, 17-18, 19b, 20, 25-26b, 27b;―(b) Notes, apparently in Christina's hand, viz.:―'Shilling Mag.' at the beginning of 'Amor Mundi', 'Aubrey de Vere' at the beginning of 'A Dirge', 'Dr Rogers' at the beginning of 'Once for all', and 'Baynes' at the beginning of 'After Communion'. 'Amor Mundi' was printed in The Shilling Magazine, vol. i, 1865, p. 193, and the other notes probably indicate that the poems in question were printed, or were intended to be printed, in one of the anthologies of verse, chiefly religious, edited by Aubrey de Vere, Dr Charles Rogers, and the Rev. R. H. Baynes, editor of the Churchman's Shilling Magazine. ff. 15, 24b, 25, 28b;―(c) Note by Christina 'no name' next to the title 'Husband and Wife'. D. G. Rossetti proposed the title 'Grave-clothes and Baby-clothes' for this poem, but it was printed in A Masque of Poets, 1878, as 'Husband and Wife'. f. 21;―(d) Two notes, the first possibly by, and second by, W. M. Rossetti. ff. 21, 23b.

In the original covers, rebacked, and numbered '16' in pencil on f. i.

Octavo; ff. i+32.

includes:

• ff. 1, 1b Christina Georgina Rossetti, poet: Poetry ENGLISH: Poem, 'If I had words', by Christina Georgina Rossetti: 1864: Autogr. fair copy.
• ff. 2-3b Christina Georgina Rossetti, poet: Poetry ENGLISH: Poem, 'Despised and Rejected', by Christina Georgina Rossetti: 1864: Autogr. fair copy.
• ff. 3b-7 Christina Georgina Rossetti, poet: Poetry ENGLISH: Poem, 'Jessie Cameron', by Christina Georgina Rossetti: 1864: Autogr. fair copy.
• f. 7b Christina Georgina Rossetti, poet: Poetry ENGLISH: Poem, 'Weary in well-doing', by Christina Georgina Rossetti: 1864: Autogr. fair copy.
• ff. 8-9 Christina Georgina Rossetti, poet: Poetry ENGLISH: Poem, 'Birds of Paradise', by Christina Georgina Rossetti: 1864: Autogr. fair copy.
• ff. 9, 9b Christina Georgina Rossetti, poet: Poetry ENGLISH: Poem, 'Alas for me!', by Christina Georgina Rossetti: 1864: Autogr. fair copy.
• ff. 9b-10b Christina Georgina Rossetti, poet: Poetry ENGLISH: Poem, 'Lord, dost thou not care?', by Christina Georgina Rossetti: 1864: Autogr. fair copy.
• ff. 10b-12b Christina Georgina Rossetti, poet: Poetry ENGLISH: Poem, 'Eve', by Christina Georgina Rossetti: 1865: Autogr. fair copy.
• ff. 12b, 13 Christina Georgina Rossetti, poet: Poetry ENGLISH: Poem, 'As Memory?', by Christina Georgina Rossetti: 1865: Autogr. fair copy.
• f. 13b Christina Georgina Rossetti, poet: Poetry ENGLISH: Poem, 'If Only!', by Christina Georgina Rossetti: 1865: Autogr. fair copy.
• f. 14 Christina Georgina Rossetti, poet: Poetry ENGLISH: Poem, 'Shall I Forget?', by Christina Georgina Rossetti: 1865: Autogr. fair copy.
• ff. 14, 14b Christina Georgina Rossetti, poet: Poetry ENGLISH: Poem, 'Christ All in All', by Christina Georgina Rossetti: 1865: Autogr. fair copy.
• ff. 15, 15b Christina Georgina Rossetti, poet: Poetry ENGLISH: Poem, 'Amor Mundi', by Christina Georgina Rossetti: 1865: Autogr. fair copy.
• ff. 16-17b Christina Georgina Rossetti, poet: Poetry ENGLISH: Poem, 'My Lady of the Manor', by Christina Georgina Rossetti: 1865: Autogr. fair copy.
• ff. 17b-18 Christina Georgina Rossetti, poet: Poetry ENGLISH: Poem, 'Friends', by Christina Georgina Rossetti: 1865: Autogr. fair copy.
• ff. 18, 18b Christina Georgina Rossetti, poet: Poetry ENGLISH: Poem, 'An End', by Christina Georgina Rossetti: 1865: Autogr. fair copy.
• ff. 18b-19b Christina Georgina Rossetti, poet: Poetry ENGLISH: Poem, 'En Route', by Christina Georgina Rossetti: 1865: Autogr. fair copy.
• ff. 20, 20b Christina Georgina Rossetti, poet: Poetry ENGLISH: Poem, 'E.F.', by Christina Georgina Rossetti: 1865: Autogr. fair copy.
• ff. 21-22 Christina Georgina Rossetti, poet: Poetry ENGLISH: Poem, 'Husband and Wife', by Christina Georgina Rossetti: 1865: Autogr. fair copy.
• f. 22b Christina Georgina Rossetti, poet: Poetry ENGLISH: Poem, 'What to do?', by Christina Georgina Rossetti: 1865: Autogr. fair copy.
• f. 23 Christina Georgina Rossetti, poet: Poetry ENGLISH: Poem, 'An Awakening', by Christina Georgina Rossetti: 1865: Autogr. fair copy.
• ff. 23b-24b Christina Georgina Rossetti, poet: Poetry ENGLISH: Poem, 'Young Death', by Christina Georgina Rossetti: 1865: Autogr. fair copy.
• ff. 24b-25 Christina Georgina Rossetti, poet: Poetry ENGLISH: Poem, 'A Dirge', by Christina Georgina Rossetti: 1865: Autogr. fair copy.
• ff. 25, 25b Christina Georgina Rossetti, poet: Poetry ENGLISH: Poem, 'Once for all', by Christina Georgina Rossetti: 1866: Autogr. fair copy.
• ff. 25b-27b Christina Georgina Rossetti, poet: Poetry ENGLISH: Poem, 'Mother Country', by Christina Georgina Rossetti: 1866: Autogr. fair copy.
• f. 28 Christina Georgina Rossetti, poet: Poetry ENGLISH: Poem, 'A Smile and a Sign', by Christina Georgina Rossetti: [1866]: Autogr. fair copy.
• f. 28b Christina Georgina Rossetti, poet: Poetry ENGLISH: Poem, 'After Communion', by Christina Georgina Rossetti: 1866: Autogr. fair copy.
• ff. 29, 29b Christina Georgina Rossetti, poet: Poetry ENGLISH: Poem, 'In a certain place', by Christina Georgina Rossetti: 1866: Autogr. fair copy.
• ff. 30-31 Christina Georgina Rossetti, poet: Poetry ENGLISH: Poem, 'Cannot sweeten', by Christina Georgina Rossetti: 1866: Autogr. fair copy.
• ff. 31, 31b Christina Georgina Rossetti, poet: Poetry ENGLISH: Poem, 'Of my life', by Christina Georgina Rossetti: 1866: Autogr. fair copy.
• f. 32 Christina Georgina Rossetti, poet: Poetry ENGLISH: Poem, 'What comes?', by Christina Georgina Rossetti: 1866: Autogr. fair copy.