Add MS 45334

WILLIAM MORRIS LITERARY MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. XL (ff. 227). Lectures and addresses on political subjects (cont.), and miscellaneous papers, mainly political, viz.:-

(1) 'Socialism up to Date', delivered to a meeting sponsored by the Ancoats Recreation Committee at the New Islington Hall, Ancoats, Manchester, 4 Oct. 1891. The lecture is partly in note form. Parts are printed in Morris, ii, pp. 341-343. [No. 14]. ff. 3-12.

(2) 'Art and Labour', delivered to the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society at the Philosophical Hall, Leeds, 1 Apr. 1884; printed by Le Mire, op. cit., pp. 188-218. [No. 15]. At ff. 47-49 are three folios only of another version of this lecture. [No. 16]. ff. 15-49.

(3) 'Our Country Right or Wrong', so named by May Morris on the wrapper (f. 50). On f. 76 Morris has written 'W. M. Jan 30th 1880 2.30 A.M. Kelmscott House Upper Mall Hammersmith'. According to May Morris (Morris, ii, p. 53) it was delivered 'to some Radical body'. Much of it is printed in Morris, ii, pp. 53-62. Mentioned by Le Mire only in his Addenda, op. cit., p. 532. [No. 17]. ff. 51-76.

(4) 'The Depression of Trade', delivered to the Oldham Branch of the Socialist League at the Large Hall, Royton, Manchester, 12 July 1885. A note (f. 79) by May Morris '11 July 1885 Oldham' appears to be mistaken. Printed by Le Mire, op. cit., pp. 219-239. [No. 18]. At f. 99 are notes on the depression of trade and agriculture, with a newspaper cutting on the subject. ff. 79-99.

(5) 'The Present Outlook in Politics', probably the lecture scheduled for delivery to the Hammersmith Branch of the Socialist League at Kelmscott House, Hammersmith, 18 Dec. 1887. Printed by Le Mire, op. cit., pp. 265-286, and listed by Briggs, op. cit., p. 14, under the title of 'The Present Aspect of Politics'. [No. 19]. ff. 101-117.

(6) 'Misery and the Way Out', delivered to the Borough of Southwark Branch of the Social Democratic Federation at the Queen's Bench Coffee Rooms, London, 8 Sept. 1884. Parts are printed in Morris, ii, pp. 150-164. [No. 21]. ff. 119-144.

(7) The last three leaves of a lecture on Socialism, containing an appeal to the audience to support the Democratic Federation. This dates the MS. before Morris's resignation from the Federation in December 1884. [No. 22]. ff. 145-147.

(8) Address delivered at the opening of the Fourth Annual Loan Exhibition, Whitechapel, 8 Apr. 1884. Parts are printed in Morris, ii, pp. 164-169. [No. 23]. ff. 151-167.

(9) Part of a lecture very similar to 'Useful Work versus Useless Toil' (C.W., xxiii, pp. 98-120), which was first delivered to the Hampstead Liberal Club at the Hollybush Assembly Rooms, Hampstead, 16 Jan. 1884. Pages 1-4 of the original pagination are missing, and an unknown number from the end. The paper has an 1882 watermark. ff. 169-186.

(10) Miscellaneous items formerly belonging to Robert Steele, the medievalist and friend of Morris. They are mentioned in a note (f. 187) and a letter (ff. 188-188b) by him. Viz.:-(a) A letter from Sir Sydney Cockerell to May Morris, concerning the disposal of the type of the Kelmscott Press, 31 Dec. 1933. ff. 189-189b;-(b) 'London in a State of Siege', originally printed in Commonweal, Nov. 1887, shortly after the riots in Trafalgar Square. Printed in Morris, ii, pp. 251-255. ff. 190- 194;-(c) Morris's preface to R. Steele's Medieval Lore (1893). Printed in Morris, i, pp. 286-289. ff. 195-199b.

(11) Miscellaneous papers relating to Morris's political activities, viz.:-(a) Brief notes on political events, 1887-1888. f. 201;-(b) A brief diary of Socialist activities, beginning 1 Feb. 1885 (first number of Commonweal) and breaking off in the middle of 13 Nov. 1887 ('Bloody Sunday'). Parts printed in Morris, ii, pp. 249-250. ff. 202-211;-

(c) Correspondence between Morris and the Syndicat Ouvrier on strike at Cours (Rhône), France, 13 Mar. 1890-30 Apr. 1890. The letters from the Syndicat are in French. ff. 212-217b;-(d) Material relating to the breakaway from the Socialist League of the Hammersmith Branch, which resolved to form a separate Hammersmith Socialist Society, 21 Nov. 1890, viz.:-(i) Draft circular to secretaries of local branches of the Socialist League, explaining Hammersmith's action. ff. 218-219;-

(ii) Rough minutes of a meeting of the Special Organizing Committee of the Hammersmith Socialist Society, 23 Nov. 1890. ff. 220-221;-

(iii) Draft constitution and rules for the Hammersmith Socialist Society; the final version was printed in Statement of Principles of the Hammersmith Socialist Society (December 1890), p. 2. f. 222.

(12) Newspaper cuttings relating to Morris, 30 Aug. 1886-26 Mar. 1927. ff. 224-227b.

includes:

• ff. 188-188b Robert Reynolds Steele, LittD; mediaevalist: Letter to C. Thompson: 1934.
• f. 189 Sir Sydney Carlyle Cockerell, Director, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge: Letters to Miss M. Morris: 1910-1933.
• ff. 195-199b Robert Reynolds Steele, LittD; mediaevalist: Preface to his 'Medieval Lore' by W. Morris: 1893.
• ff. 212, 216 A. Coppier, Secretary of the Syndicat Ouvrier at Cours: Letters to W. Morris: 1890.: Fr.
• ff. 212-217b Cours, Rhône: Correspondence of the Syndicat Ouvrier with W. Morris: 1890.