Add MS 44684

GLADSTONE PAPERS. Vol. DXCIX (ff. 290).

1. A review (Quarterly Review, June 1847) of From Oxford to Rome and how it fared with some who lately made the journey. By a Companion Traveller [i.e. Miss E. F. S. Harris]. Imperf., lacking the second half. f. 1.

2. " Lachmann's 'Essays on Homer "; Gladstone's first Homeric publication, printed in the Quarterly Review, Sept. 1847. f. 12.

3. Notes on Homer, circ. 1847-1848 (cf. f. 40), probably used as a basis for Studies on Homer and the Homeric Age (Add. MSS. 44686-44688), published in 1858. f. 40.

4. " Works and Life of Giacomo Leopardi," Quarterly Review, Mar. 1850; reprinted in Gleanings, ii, p. 65. Followed (ff. 194- 202) by miscellaneous drafts, etc. f. 152.

5. Unpublished sections of the letter to the Bishop of London, 1850, printed as Remarks on the Royal Supremacy ; as it is defined by Reason, History, and the Constitution, and reprinted in Gleanings, v, p. 173. f. 203.

6. " Speech on the Commission of Inquiry into the State of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge," delivered in the Commons 18 July 1850 and published later in the year. f. 209.

7. Two letters to Lord Aberdeen on the State Prosecutions of the Neapolitan Government, 7 Apr., 14 July, 1851 ; published in 1851, and reprinted in Gleanings, iv, pp. 1, 45. Autograph copies as sent to press. f. 236.

8. Letter, " On the functions of Laymen in the Church," to William Skinner, Bishop of Aberdeen and Primus of Scotland, Dec. 1851 ; published in 1852, and reprinted in Gleanings, vi, p.1. , Autograph copy as sent to press. f. 275. Notes, etc., in other hands occur on ff. 16 b, 21, 23, 24, 34 b, 36 b, 39 b, 203 b-205 b, 250.

William Ewart Gladstone, Prime Minister: Literary manuscripts of: 1830-1897.: Hologr.

includes:

• f. 1 Elizabeth Furlong Shipton Harris, author: Review, by W. E. Gladstone, of her From Oxford to Rome: 1847.: Imperf.
• f. 12 Carl Conrad Friedrich Wilhelm Lachmann, German scholar: Review-article by W. E. Gladstone on his Homeric essays: 1847.
• f. 12 Homer: Review-articles by W. E. Gladstone on Homeric subjects: 1847-1889.
• ff. 39 b, 193 b John Gibson Lockhart, Editor of the 'Quarterly Review': Minutes by: 1845-1850.
• f. 40 Homer: Memoranda rel. to, by W. E. Gladstone: 1840-1891.
• f. 152 Giacomo Leopardi, poet: Article, etc., on, by W. E. Gladstone: 1850.
• ff. 236, 260 Ferdinand II of Naples and Sicily; King of The Two Sicilies: Letters from W. E. Gladstone to Lord Aberdeen on the State Prosecutions of the Neapolitan Government: 1851.: Hologr. copies.
• ff. 236, 260 George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen; formerly Gordon; Prime Minister: Open letters to, from W. E. Gladstone, conc. prosecutions by the Neapolitan Govt.: 1851.
• f. 275 William Skinner, Bishop of Aberdeen: On the functions of laymen in the Church addressed to, by W. E. Gladstone: 1851.: Copy.
• f. 275 Political Tracts: Articles, etc., by W. E. Gladstone on the Church of England: 1842-1897.