Ashley MS 4889

Letters from Walter Savage Landor; 1821-1863, n.d. Ashley Library Catalogue, iii, pp. 91-93. As follows:―

1. Letters (3) to Messrs. Jones & Co., bankers, Abergavenny; 20 March 1821, 4 June 1827, 26 Sept. 1830. ff. 1-5b.

2. Letter to John Valpy, printer; 8 Feb. 1823. ff. 6-7b.

3. Letter to Mary Howitt; [circa 1840?]. ff. 8-9b.

4. Letter to William Howitt; 26 Dec. [1846]. ff. 10-14b.

5. Letters (3) to [George Cumberland]; [1840], after 1847, [1841]. ff. 15-20b.

6. Letter to Seymour Stocker Kirkup; 15 Feb. [1848?]. f. 21.

7. Two letters to Richard Henry Horne; [1838-1840?], [1848]. ff. 23-26b.

8. Letters (3) to the Right Rev. Newall Thirlwall, Bishop of St Davids; 26, 28 Feb., 5 March [1846]. ff. 27-31b.

9. Letter to Miss Caroline Blencowe; [11 Aug. 1857]. Also included are two cuttings (ff. 34, 35) of letters from Landor to The Times, [17 March 1858, 17 March 1860]. ff. 32-35.

10. Letter to Mrs Price; n.d. f. 36.

11. Letter to [William Graham] Sandford; 16 Nov. [1829-1835]. ff. 37-38.

12. Two letters to Captain Brickman; 3 Sept. [1858], [1 Feb. 1863]. ff. 39-41, 42-44.

13. Letter to the Editor of the Atlas; 7 April [1855]. f. 45.

14. Letter to the Countess of Blessington; [1839]. ff. 46, 46b.

Also included is the following literary material:

15. Prose fragment, 'Dream of Youth and Beauty', beg. 'It was a dream or vision in which I beheld what I am now attempting to recall'; [1846]. Autograph draft, written on both sides of one quarto leaf of white wove paper, and on one side only of another (f. 48). No watermark. ff. 47-48.

16. Two passages from 'High and Low Life in Italy'; [1838]. Autograph draft, written on both sides of two conjoined quarto leaves of white wove paper (no watermark) (ff. 49-50b), and both sides of a quarto leaf of grey wove paper (watermark a circular wreath surrounding three fleur-de-lys) (ff. 51, 51b). The first passage begins 'Mr. Shires to Lady C. My Lady, The remark you make about the abundance of game in the neighbourhood of Florence' and ends 'Now hear my tale which not more strange than true is, / She wheedleth out of me near twenty Louis'; the second passage begins 'Mr Edward Talboys to the Rev. Mr. Talboys. I am afraid you have thought me more capable than I feel myself of giving a correct and judicious opinion of Italian poetry in the present day' and ends 'You see, my dear Sir, I have adopted the custom of the country. People never dine here without carrying off something in the pocket'. ff. 49-51b.

Also included are notes by T. J. Wise and Stephen Wheeler on the letters and MSS.; n.d. ff. ii-xxxvi.

Quarto and (f. 45) folio; ff. xxxvi+51.

includes:

• ff. iii-xxxiv Stephen Wheeler, editor of W S Landor: Notes on the letters and MSS. in Ashley 4889 by Stephen Wheeler: n.d.
• ff. 1-5b Walter Savage Landor, d.1864; author: Jones & Co; bankers: Letters to Jones & Co. (bankers) from Walter Savage Landor: 1821, 1827, 1830.
• ff. 6-7b Walter Savage Landor, d.1864; author: John Valpy, printer: Letter to John Valpy from Walter Savage Landor: 1823.
• ff. 8-9b Walter Savage Landor, d.1864; author: Mary Howitt, author: Letter to Mary Howitt from Walter Savage Landor: [circa 1840?].
• ff. 10-14b Walter Savage Landor, d.1864; author: William Howitt, author: Letter to William Howitt from Walter Savage Landor: [1846].
• ff. 15-20b Walter Savage Landor, d.1864; author: G. Cumberland: Letters to G. Cumberland from Walter Savage Landor: [1840], aft. 1847, [1841?].
• f. 21 Walter Savage Landor, d.1864; author: Seymour Stocker Kirkup, artist; d.1880: Letter to Seymour Stocker Kirkup from Walter Savage Landor: [1848?].
• ff. 23-26b Walter Savage Landor, d.1864; author: Hengist Horne, or Richard Henry; author: Letters to Richard Henry Horne from Walter Savage Landor: [1838-1840?], [1848].
• ff. 27-31b Walter Savage Landor, d.1864; author: Newell Connop Thirlwall, Bishop of St Davids: Letters to Newell Connop Thirlwall from Walter Savage Landor: [1846].
• ff. 32-33 Walter Savage Landor, d.1864; author: Caroline Diana Blencowe, daughter of Robert Willis Blencowe: Letter to Caroline Diana Blencowe from Walter Savage Landor: [1857].
• ff. 34, 35 Newspapers; Great Britain and Ireland. The Times: Walter Savage Landor, d.1864; author: Letters to 'The Times' from Walter Savage Landor: [1858], [1860]: Printed cuttings.
• f. 36 Walter Savage Landor, d.1864; author: Mrs Price: Letter to Mrs — Price from Walter Savage Landor: n.d.
• ff. 37-38 Walter Savage Landor, d.1864; author: William Graham Sandford, grandson of Dr Daniel Sandford, Bishop of Edinburgh: Letter to William Graham Sandford from Walter Savage Landor: [1829-1835].
• ff. 39-44 Walter Savage Landor, d.1864; author: Major C. D. Brickmann: Letters to Capt. C. D. Brickmann from Walter Savage Landor: [1858], [1863].
• f. 45 Walter Savage Landor, d.1864; author: Letter to the editor of the 'Atlas' from Walter Savage Landor: [1855].
• ff. 46, 46b Walter Savage Landor, d.1864; author: Marguerite Gardiner, alias Margaret; 2nd wife of Charles, Earl of Blessington; author: Letter to Countess of Blessington from Walter Savage Landor: [1839].
• ff. 47-48 Essays English: Walter Savage Landor, d.1864; author: Prose fragment, 'Dream of Youth and Beauty' by Walter Savage Landor: [1846].
• ff. 49-51b Walter Savage Landor, d.1864; author: Two pssages from prose work, 'High and Low Life in Italy', by Walter Savage Landor: [1838].