Add MS 46270

MARY GLADSTONE PAPERS. Vol. LII (ff. 448 in two parts. Part I, ff. 1-221; Part II, ff. 222-448). Drafts by Mary Gladstone of memoirs, newspaper articles and literary criticisms. Mostly typewritten with MS. corrections.

(1) Memoirs, character sketches, etc. (a) Two drafts of 'Laura': a memoir of Octavia Laura Tennant, 1st wife (1885) of the Hon. Alfred Lyttelton; written in 1887 and revised for private circulation, 1916. ff. 1-171. (b) Three drafts of Part I and four of Part II of 'Mr. Balfour', [Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour 1924]; 1917-1920. Mary Gladstone was constantly revising this character sketch and intended to publish it in her Acton, Gladstone and others, 1924. Part I was eventually printed in The Observer, 23 March 1930. ff. 172-322. (c) Character sketch of Emma Alice Margaret, wife of Herbert Henry Asquith (l st Earl of Oxford and Asquith 1925), written at her request, during the summer of 1918. f. 323. (d) 'Here's me'; an article relating to the Autobiography (2 vols.), 1920, 1922, of the preceding, and included in Acton, Gladstone and others. ff. 325-334. (e) Two drafts of 'Mr Ruskin and Rose', published in Acton, Gladstone and others; followed (f. 360) by typewritten extracts from E. T. Cook, The Life of John Ruskin, 1911. ff. 335-382. (f) Obituary memoir of Helen Gladstone; 1925. ff. 383-389. (g) Obituary memoir of Queen Alexandra; 1925. ff. 390-395. (h) Memorandum on W. E. Gladstone's attitude to immorality; circ. 1925. ff. 396-398. (i) 'Margaret Leycester Warren', published in B. E. Lockhart, Margaret Cowell Stepney. Her Letters, 1926. ff. 399-402.

(2) Literary criticisms. (a) Lance Falconer [i.e. Mary Elizabeth Hawker], Mlle. Ixe; published in the Pall Mall Gazette, 27 Jan. 1891. ff. 403-406. (b) 'The influence of Rousseau on the Revolutionary movement' [after 1910]; another draft is Add. MS. 46254, f. 91b. ff.407-411. (c) J. H. Shorthouse, John Inglesant; circ. Aug. 1916. ff. 412-419. (d) Copy of the criticism by Oscar Browning of Some Hawarden Letters; 1918. ff. 420-429b. (e) Ashford Owen [i.e. Anna C. Ogle], A Lost Love, 1855; circ. May 1920. ff. 430-433b. (f) G. E. Buckle, Disraeli, Vols. V and VI; June 1920. ff. 434--436. (g) L. B. Wills, Deb; circ. 1910-1920. ff. 437-439. (h) Oliver Ridsdale Baldwin (2nd Earl Baldwin of Bewdley 1947), Six Prisons and Two Revolutions; 1925. ff. 440 - 442.

(3) Notes on the Corn Laws, with MS. annotations by the Hon. Alfred Lyttelton; 1886-1913. ff. 443-448b.

includes:

• ff. 1-171 Octavia Laura Lyttelton, née Tennant; wife (1885) of Alfred Lyttelton: Memoir of, by Mary Gladstone: 1887-1916.: Two drafts.
• ff. 172-322 Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour; Prime Minister: Character of, by Mary Gladstone: 1917-1920.: Drafts.
• ff. 323-334 Margot Asquith, called Emma Alice Margaret; née Tennant; 2nd wife of Herbert, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith: Memorandum and article rel. to, by Mary Gladstone: 1918, 1924.
• ff. 335-382 John Ruskin, author, artist and social reformer: Essay, and collections rel. to, by Mary Gladstone: 1924.
• f. 383 Helen Gladstone, daughter of W E Gladstone; Vice-Principal of Newnham College, Cambridge: Memoir of, by her sister Mary: 1925.
• f. 390 Edward VII of England: Memoir of Qu. Alexandra by Mary Gladstone: 1925.
• f. 396 William Ewart Gladstone, Prime Minister: Memorandum rel. to, by his daughter Mary: 1925.
• f. 399 Margaret Cowell-Stepney, wife of Sir E A A K Cowell-Stepney, 2nd Baronet: Memoir of, by Mary Gladstone: 1926.
• f. 403 Mary Elizabeth Hawker, alias 'Lanoe Falconer'; writer: Criticism by Mary Gladstone of her 'Mlle. Ixe': 1891.
• f. 407 Jean Jacques Rousseau, philosopher: Essay on, by Mary Gladstone: aft. 1910.: Drafts.
• f. 412 Joseph Henry Shorthouse, novelist; d.1903: Criticism by Mary Gladstone of his 'John Inglesant': 1916.
• f. 420 Oscar Browning, historian: Criticism of 'Some Hawarden Letters': 1918.
• f. 430 Anna C. Ogle, novelist: Criticism by Mary Gladstone of her 'A lost love': 1920.
• f. 434 George Earle Buckle, Editor, 'The Times': Criticism by Mary Gladstone of his 'Life of Disraeli': 1920.
• f. 437 L. B. Wills, writer: Criticism by Mary Gladstone of her 'Deb': 1910-1920.
• f. 440 Oliver Ridsdale Baldwin, 2nd Earl Baldwin of Bewdley 1947: Criticism by Mary Gladstone of his 'Six Prisons and Two Revolutions': 1925.
• f. 443 Alfred Lyttelton, Colonial Secretary 1903: Correspondence, etc., with his cousin Mary Gladstone: 1868-1913.
• f. 443 Corn Laws: Notes on, by Mary Gladstone: 1886-1913.