Add MS 47887

SOUTHEY PAPERS. Vol. V (ff. 65). Miscellanea, 1787-1837, including:-

(1) The original draft, in Southey's hand, Aug.-circ. 3 Sept. 1799, of 'The Devil's Thoughts' by himself and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, first published, in a different order, with minor changes from the present text, and omitting a cancelled verse on f. 6, in The Morning Post, 6 Sept. 1799. Followed by notes for (f. 9), and fair copies (ff. 10-17, 18-19b), with further extensive additions, corrections, and deletions, of another version, entitled 'The Devil's Walk'. This was expanded and rewritten by Southey both circ. 11 Dec. 1826-30 Jan. 1827 (see Add. MS. 47889, ff. 117-120b, which include fair copies of some of these additional verses), and at a later date, apparently from the present draft and from the Morning Post version, possibly also from the shortened version published in The Poetical Works of S. T. Coleridge, ii, 1828, pp. 89-92. It was published in a different order, with four verses not in these fair copies, and other variations, in The Poetical Works of Robert Southey, iii, 1837, pp. 87-100. ff. 6-19b.

(2) Notes of his dreams, 7 Nov. 1804-16 Aug. 1808, 3 July 1818-10 May 1832. Printed in The Correspondence of Robert Southey with Caroline Bowles, ed. E. Dowden, Dublin, 1881, pp. 366-384. See also Add. MS. 47891, f. 13. ff. 21-32b.

(3) 'The Book of the Prophet Jehephary', a skit on Francis Jeffrey and the Whigs, 1816. Printed in Selections from the Letters of Robert Southey, ed. J. W. Warter, iii, 1856, pp. 35-42. ff. 35-38b.

(4) 'A letter to Henry Brougham Esquire Member for Winchelsea', written in reply to An Account of the Proceedings at Appleby from Saturday the 27th of June [1818], to the Final closing of the Poll, printed at Kendal on behalf of Brougham's supporters. ff. 39-44b.

(5) 'Fragments of Milesian History', a skit on Irish history and politics; aft. 1818 (watermark). ff. 45-50.

(6) 'Memoirs of the Cats of Greta Hall', in the form of a letter to his daughter, Edith May, 18 Jan. 1824. Printed in The Doctor, vii, 1847, ed. J. W. Warter, pp. 582-596. ff. 51-56b.

(7) Review of W. Danby, Ideas and Realities, Exeter, 1827, and J. Everett, The Village Blacksmith, 4th ed., 1832. ff. 57-58b.

includes:

• ff. 1-2 Joseph Pocklington: Notices, etc., of a 'Regatta on Keswick Lake': 1787.: Copy.
• ff. 6-19b, 33 Poetry: R. Southey: poems: 1794-1834.: Autogr.
• ff. 6-8 Robert Southey, poet: The Devil's Thoughts': 1799.: Autogr. draft.
• ff. 6-8 Samuel Taylor Coleridge, poet and philosopher: 'The Devil's Thoughts': 1799.: Draft.
• ff. 9-19b Robert Southey, poet: 'The Devil's Walk',: 1826-1827.: Autogr. drafts etc.
• ff. 34-64 Robert Southey, poet: Miscellaneous literary works, etc.: 1813-1837.
• ff. 39-44b Political Tracts: R. Southey: 'A letter to Henry Brougham. . .': 1818.
• ff. 39-44b Henry Peter Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux: 'A letter to Henry Brougham ...', by R. Southey: 1818.