Add MS 43899

DILKE PAPERS. Vol. XXVI (ff. 253). Papers of Charles Wentworth Dilke, Editor of the Athenaeum, viz:-

(1) Correspondence with his grandson, Charles Wentworth Dilke (2nd Bart. 1869); 1851-1864. ff. 2-187.

(2) Literary Manuscripts; circ. 1828-1843; viz:-

(a) Poems, etc., consisting (except ff. 197-200) of autograph drafts by Thomas Hood (d. 1845); circ. 1828-1842. Viz.:-(1) Riddles and an epigram (watermark 1828) printed by L. A. Marchand in Letters of Thomas Hood, From the Dilke papers in the British Museum, 1945, pp. 99-100 (owing to the rearrangement of the Dilke Papers explained in the introduction to the description of these Papers, Marchand's reference to this volume as Add. MS. 43913 is no longer applicable). f. 190;-(ii) 'The Fall'; published in the Athenaeum, 4 Feb. 1832, p. 80. ff. 191, 192;-

(iii) Draft (printed, Marchand, op. cit., pp. 98-99) of 'To Spencer Perceval, Esq., M.P.' followed (f. 193b, reversing the volume) by 'Answer to Pauper'. Both poems were published in the Athenaeum, 18 Feb. 1832, PP. 112, 114. f. 193 ;-(iv) Two poems, both published in the Athenaeum, 7 July 1832, p. 436, viz.:-'Miss Fanny's Farewell Flowers', ff. 194-196, and 'Lines to Miss F. Kemble', ff. 197-199, the latter an autograph poem by John Hamilton Reynolds, endorsed (f. 198b) with his note forwarding the two poems to C. W. Dilke;-(v) Draft (printed Marchand, op. cit., p. 97) of the opening paragraphs of 'An Intercepted Dispatch' which was published in The Comic Annual, 1837, pp. 57-63. f. 200;-(vi) Draft of a poem (printed, as in this MS. version, in Marchand, op. cit., pp. 95-96) entitled 'Drinking Song By a Member of a Temperance Society': comprising stanzas 2-9 of the eleven published (in a different order and with other variations) in The Comic Annual, 1837, pp. 53-56. f. 200 and (reversing the volume) f. 201 b;-(vii) Draft of a poem on C. W. Dilke printed by Marchand, op. cit., p. 97, as 'Ivy Crowned Bacchus', beg. 'There's dilke-from devotion to port & to Sherry'. f. 200;(viii) 'On the depreciated Money': published, with slight variations, in The New Monthly Magazine, 1842, Part II, P. 394. f. 202. (b) Letters from Thomas Hood to:-(a) Charles Wentworth Dilke and (ff. 220, 227, 229) the latter's wife, Maria; 1835-1843: printed in Marchand, op.- cit., pp. 15-94. ff. 203-207;-(b) The Literary Fund; 19 Jan. 1841: a copy, printed in Sir C. W. Dilke, The Papers of a Critic, 1875, i, pp. 58-60. ff. 238-239b.

(3) Miscellaneous correspondence including (ff. 247-253) correspondence, 1853-1864, with his son, Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke, 1st Bart.; circ. 1851- 1864.

includes:

• ff. 2-187 Charles Wentworth Dilke, d 1864 antiquary: Correspondence with his grandson, Sir C. Dilke, 2nd Bart.: 1851-1864.
• ff. 190-196, 200-202 Poetry ENGLISH: T. Hood, poems: circ. 1828-1842.: Autogr.
• ff. 190-196, 200-202 Thomas Hood, poet: Poems, etc.: circ. 1828-1842.: Autogr.
• ff. 190-246b Charles Wentworth Dilke, d 1864 antiquary: Correspondence and papers: circ. 1828-1852.
• f. 193 Political and Satirical Poems: T. Hood, verses addressed to S. Perceval, M.P.: 1832.: Autogr.
• f. 193 Spencer Perceval, MP: Verses to, by T. Hood: 1832.
• ff. 197-199 John Hamilton Reynolds, poet: 'Lines to Miss F. Kemble': 1832.: Autogr.
• ff. 197-199 Political and Satirical Poems: H. Reynolds, 'Lines to Miss F. Kemble': 1832.: Autogr.
• f. 198b John Hamilton Reynolds, poet: Letter to C. W. Dilke: 1832.
• ff. 203-237 passim Thomas Hood, poet: Letters to C. W. Dilke: 1835-1843.
• ff. 220, 227, 229 Thomas Hood, poet: Letters to Mrs M. Dilke: 1836-1843.
• f. 238 Thomas Hood, poet: Letter to the Literary Fund: 1841.: Copy.
• f. 243 Junius; pseudonym: Letter from C. W. Dilke to W. J. Thoms, rel. to: circ. 1851.
• f. 246 Caroline Augusta Duncombe Chatfield, widow of Captain W Chatfield: Letter to C. W. Dilke: 1852.: Imperf.
• ff. 247-253 Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke, 1st Baronet: Correspondence with his father: 1853-1864.
• ff. 247-253 Charles Wentworth Dilke, d 1864 antiquary: Correspondence with his son, Sir C. Dilke, 1st Bart.: 1853-1864.