Ottoline Morrell Collection, 1882-1946 (bulk 1882-1938).

Sassoon, Siegfried, 1886-1967

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Poet and writer Siegfried Loraine Sassoon was born on 8 September 1886 at Weirleigh, near Matfield in Kent. His mother, Georgiana Theresa Thornycroft, was from a prominent family of sculptors and artists, while his father, Alfred Ezra Sassoon, came from a wealthy Jewish merchant family. His father left home when he was seven and died soon after, so Siegfried and his brothers, Michael and Hamo, were raised solely by their mother. Educated at Marlborough College (1902-4), Sassoon read law at Cl...

Bell, Vanessa, 1879-1961

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Vanessa Bell was born in 1879, daughter of Sir Leslie Stephen and sister of Virginia Woolf. She studied art under Sir Arthur Cope and at the Royal Academy Schools under John Singer Sargent. In 1907 she married Clive Bell and worked mainly in London, Sussex and France. Vanessa Bell exhibited first at the New Gallery in 1905, and at the New English Art Club, the Allied Artists Association and at numerous London galleries. She became a member of the London Group in 1919 and her work was exhibited a...

Spender, Stephen, 1909-1995

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Sir Stephen Harold Spender (February 28, 1909 - July 16, 1995) was an English poet and novelist who worked with the themes of social injustice and class struggle. Spender was born in London and educated at University College, Oxford. He was mentored by W. H. Auden with whom he maintained a life-long friendship. He edited Horizon with Cyril Connolly from 1939-1941. Following WW II, Spender devoted his time to criticism, co-editing the magazine Encounter from 1953-1966. Spender also held a number ...

Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965

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Thomas Stearns Eliot (1888-1965), a poet, critic, editor, and playwright, was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He received a B. A. in 1909 and an M. A. in 1910 from Harvard, where he also pursued a doctoral degree in philosophy. In 1915, he married Vivienne (Vivien) Haigh-Wood. He completed his dissertation in 1916 while living in England and submitted it to Harvard, but was unable to defend it. He was literary editor of the avant-garde magazine The Egoist. In the Spring 1917, he publishe...

Maclagan, William Dalrymple, 1826-1910

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Archbishop of York (1891-1908). From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to J.B. Whightman, 1889 Mar. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 624173565 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Mr. Stroughton, 1891 Aug. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270608025 Epithet: of Seal CXLIV British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001197.0x00017b ...

Spencer, Gilbert, 1891-

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Blunden, Edmund, 1896-1974

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Blunden was an English poet and scholar. From the description of Edmund Blunden papers, 1921-1952 (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612727624 Edmund Blunden, English poet and university teacher. His highly acclaimed biography of Shelley was published in 1946. From the description of Edmund Blunden manuscript material : 8 items, ca. 1945-1955 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 76945001 From the guide to the Edmund Blunden manuscript ma...

Cramb, J.A. (John Adam), 1862-1913

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MacCarthy, Desmond, 1877-1952

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Sir (Charles Otto) Desmond MacCarthy, English literary reviewer and drama critic. From the description of Desmond MacCarthy manuscript material : 1 item, 1950 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 726886322 From the guide to the Desmond MacCarthy manuscript material : 1 item, 1950, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) Desmond's first experience as an editor was with New Quarterly and then Eye Witness (late...

Lamb, Henry, 1883-1960

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Powys, Theodore Francis, 1875-1953

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Theodore Francis Powys was the brother of Lewelyn Powys (1884-1939). From the guide to the Papers of Theodore Francis Powys, 1928, 1928, (University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library Department of Special Collections) Theodore Francis Powys was a member of the literary Powys family. He left his farm in Suffolk at the age of twenty-six to retire to the small village of East Chaldon and write. Living like a hermit, he wrote novels, short stories, and fables. His works...

Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939

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W.B. (William Butler) Yeats (1865-1939), poet and dramatist, born in County Sligo, Ireland. From the description of W.B. Yeats collection, 1875-1965. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 173863171 British poet. From the description of Letter : to William Weber, Brooklyn, New York : holograph, 12 May [no year]. (University of California, San Diego). WorldCat record id: 18786005 William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) was an Irish poet and dramatist. From t...

Fry, Roger, 1866-1934

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Painter, art critic, Bloomsbury group member and founder of the Omega Workshops. From the description of Translations from Mallarmé, [ca. 1921]. (Washington State University). WorldCat record id: 29853251 British critic, art historian and painter. From the description of Letters, ca. 1900-1927. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 77576213 From the description of Letters sent to Simon Bussy and family, 1903-1928. (Getty Research Institute). W...

Birrell, Augustine, 1850-1933

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English author and statesman. From the description of Good taste : an address delivered at a place of secondary education in England : autograph manuscript, [19--?]. (Peking University Library). WorldCat record id: 53203384 British author. From the description of Letter of Augustine Birrell, 1921. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32960300 From the description of Letter to "Dear Seton" [manuscript], 1921. (University of Virginia). WorldCat re...

Grant, Duncan, 1885-1978

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English painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Gordon Square [London], to E. McKnight Kauffer, 1926 Jan. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269568682 Scottish designer. From the description of Postcard and autograph letter signed with initials : Wissett Lodge and 46, Gordon Square, to John Maynard Keynes, 1916 Apr. 3-ca. 1920 Feb. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269599197 Artist and member of the Bloomsbury Group. From the ...

Holland, Bernard Henry, 1856-1926

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Tennant, Stephen

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Illustrator and author who associated with English artists and writers. Also known as The Honorable Stephen James Napier Tennant (1906-1987). From the description of Papers, 1929-1977. (Washington State University). WorldCat record id: 35158547 Tennant was Siegfried Sassoon's lover and an intimate member of the "Bright Young Things" circle, which also included Cecil Beaton, the Mitfords, the Sitwells, Evelyn Waugh, etc. He was a model for Cedric Hampton in Nancy Mitford's Lo...

Russell, Bertrand, 1872-1970

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Russell was an English logician and philosopher. Marsh edited Russell's Logic and knowledge: essays 1901-1950 and wrote about Russell. From the guide to the Letters to Robert C. (Robert Charles) Marsh, 1950-1959., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Russell, British philosopher and mathematician and the 3rd Earl Russell. From the description of [Letter, 19]44 Dec. 8, Trinity College, Cambridge [to] Dear Sir / Bertrand Russell. (Smith C...

Morrell, Ottoline Violet Anne Cavendish-Bentinck, Lady, 1873-1938

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Patron of the arts and society hostess. From the description of Ottoline Morrell Collection, 1882-1946 (bulk 1882-1938). (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122648377 British-born literary hostess of the World War I and post-war periods. From the description of Papers. 1916-1934. (University of Maryland Libraries). WorldCat record id: 23685667 Purchase; John Wilson (Autographs) Ltd.; 1992. ...

Bell, Clive, 1881-1964

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English art critic and writer. From the description of Telegram : Chelsea [London], to Vanessa Bell, 1915 Apr. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 414567520 Clive Bell was an art critic and a central figure in the Bloomsbury group--a group of friends, artists, writers, and intellectuals. He was married to Virginia Woolf's sister, painter Vanessa Bell. Some of his major works of criticism include Art, Since Cezzane, and Civilization. From the description of Letters...

De la Mare, Walter, 1873-1956

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Walter De la Mare (1873-1956) was a British poet, novelist, short story writer, critic, essayist, anthologist, dramatist, and a prolific writer of children's poetry and fiction. From the description of Papers of Walter De la Mare, 1923-1956. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122584933 Mégroz was the early biographer of de la Mare. From the description of Letter, c. 1923, to R.L. Mégroz. (Unknown). WorldCat record...

Hackett, Frances, 1883-1962.

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Stephens, James, 1882-1950

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Irish poet and story writer. From the description of What Thomas said in a pub [manuscript], n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647814436 Epithet: of Add MS 33979 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001305.0x00017e James Stephens was an Irish poet, short story writer, and novelist. From the description of James Stephens collection of papers, 1908-1939 bulk (1911-1938...

Eliot, Vivienne, 1888-1947

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Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert), 1885-1930

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David Herbert Richards Lawrence was born September 11, 1885, in Eastwood, near Nottingham, to Arthur Lawrence, a coal miner, and Lydia Beardsall. He attended Nottingham University College, and in 1908 he took a teaching position at Davidson Road School in Croydon. Lawrence wrote in his spare time, and in 1911, with the help of Ford Maddox Hueffer, he published his first novel, The White Peacock . Poor health forced him to resign his teaching job this same year, at which time he bec...

Menasce, Jean de

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Oxford and Asquith, H. H. (Herbert Henry), 1852-1928

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Lewis, Wyndham, 1882-1957

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Wyndham Lewis was an artist, novelist, and critic, who was born in Canada but lived for many years in England. He was a leader of the Vorticist movement. From the guide to the Wyndham Lewis collection, 1877-1975, (Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library) English author and painter. From the description of Letters, 1921-1934. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 233126882 Author and artist Wyndham Lewis was b...

Dickinson, G. Lowes (Goldsworthy Lowes), 1862-1932

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British historian and philosopher. From the description of Letter : The Cottage, B[?], Sussex, to "Dear Elliott[?]," [1916] Aug. 23. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122547527 Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson was born in 1862 in a Christian Socialist family. He studied at Charterhouse and King's College, Cambridge, and tried lecturing and medicine before turning to literature full time. In 1887 he became a Fellow ...

Huxley, Maria Nys.

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Colomb, Marion Reymond.

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Brett, Dorothy, 1883-1977

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British-born painter. From the description of Dorothy Brett letters to Mark Lutz, Taos, New Mexico, 1957-1965. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82601125 From the description of Dorothy Brett letters to Mark Lutz, Taos, New Mexico, 1957-1965. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702152797 Dorothy Eugenie Brett (1883-1977) studied at the Slade School of Art and University College in London. She became friends with Dora Carrington, Katherine Mansfield, John Middleton Murry, Fr...

Cost, March, d. 1973

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Prewett, Frank, 1893-1962

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Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941

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Virginia Woolf (b. January 25, 1882, London, England–d. March 28, 1941, Ouse, River, Englnad) was a noted novelist and is now viewed as a pioneer of feminist literature. She was a member of the Bloomsbury Group, comprised of English artists, philosophers, and writers in the early twentieth century. She was also a co-founder and operator (along with husband Leonard Woolf) of Hogarth Press. Though she received little formal education, her father, a writer and editor with strong ...

Cecil, David, 1902-1986

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Murry, John Middleton, 1889-1957

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English writer and critic born in London. He was editor of Rhythm, the Athenaeum and the Adelphi. He wrote poetry, essays and criticism In 1918 he married Katherine Mansfield for whose work he helped gain recognition. He also edited the Peace News (1940-46). From the description of John Middleton Murry collection. [1931-1944]. (University of Victoria Libraries). WorldCat record id: 676738340 Author John Middleton Murry was born in London to lower-class parents, and proved to...

Gertler, Mark, 1891-1939

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Toksvig, Signe, 1891-1983

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Epithet: journalist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000758.0x0002a8 Signe Kirstine Toksvig was born February 14, 1891 in Denmark. She received her B.A. at Cornell University in 1916, and from then until 1920 she was assistant editor with the New Republic. Her books include HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSON, EVE'S DOCTOR, PORT OF REFUGE, and LIFEBOAT, and she was appointed a Guggenheim Fellow for the writing of a biograph...

Beerbohm, Max, Sir, 1872-1956

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Beerbohm married Florence Kahn (1876-1951), an American actress, on May 4, 1910. From the description of Max Beerbohm letters to Florence Kahn, 1904-1948 (bulk 1904-1909). (Princeton University Library). WorldCat record id: 122418146 B. 1872 d. 1956. From the description of Max Beerbohm artist file. (Whitney Museum of American Art). WorldCat record id: 228432818 Beerbohm was a British author and caricaturist. Turner was a British author. From...

Keynes, John Maynard, 1883-1946

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English economist. From the description of Typewritten letters signed (2) : [n.p.], to Sir Percy Bates, 1935 Sept. 25 and Oct. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270497268 British economist. From the description of The economic transition in England : typescript, 1925. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122645189 John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946), Baron Keynes, economist, was born in Cambridge on 5 June 1883, and educated at Eton and King's College, Cambridge. ...

MacCarthy, Mary, 1882-1953

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Huxley, Aldous, 1894-1963

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Epithet: novelist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000815.0x000080 Aldous Huxley was a British novelist, short-story writer, playwright, screenwriter, literary and social critic, and poet. From the description of Aldous Huxley collection of papers, 1915-1973 bulk (1915-1963). (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122517267 From the guide to the Aldous Huxley collection of papers, 19...

Wolff, Charlotte, 1897-1986

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Forster, E.M. (Edward Morgan), 1879-1970

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Novelist. From the description of Letters, 1947-1970. (Indiana University). WorldCat record id: 36570102 From the description of Letters, 1920-1935. (Indiana University). WorldCat record id: 36988534 From the description of E. M. Forster papers, [ca. 1936-1968]. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 495526585 Epithet: novelist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_...

Mirrlees, Hope

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British novelist, poet, translator, and biographer. From the description of Papers. 1919-1974. (University of Maryland Libraries). WorldCat record id: 30743858 ...

Nichols, Phyllis Spender-Clay, Lady

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Gathorne-Hardy, Robert, 1902-1973

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Carrington, Dora de Houghton, 1893-1932

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British painter; member of Bloomsbury group. From the description of Dora Carrington Collection, 1912-1965. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122617186 Dora Carrington, fourth child of a family of five, was born at Hereford in 1893. In 1903, the family moved to Bedford where Dora Carrington attended Bedford School for Girls excelling at art. Encouraged by the headmistress, Carrington was successful in gaining ...

Morgan, Charles, 1894-1956

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Koteliansky, S.S. (Samuel Solomonovitch), 1880-1955

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Strachey, Lytton, 1880-1932

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Lytton Strachey was born to an upper-middle class family in London, and educated at Cambridge, where he was part of the rebellious Apostles, a precursor to the Bloomsbury Group. Strachey became an essayist and literary critic; he also wrote poetry, but is best remembered as a biographer. Although he wrote some conventional biographies, his best work was Eminent Victorians, a collection of biographical essays that relied on Strachey's trademark psychological insight rather than exhaustive researc...

Lawrence, Frieda von Richthofen, 1879-1956

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Frieda Emma Johanna Maria von Richthofen was born on August 11, 1879 in Metz, France. In 1912, Frieda met David Herbert (D.H.) Lawrence, and they married in 1914. Frieda Lawrence was intimately involved with D.H. Lawrence's work. Facets of her personality are often discernable as components of characters in his poems and novels. After D.H. Lawrence's death in 1930, Frieda settled in New Mexico. Frieda died in Taos on August 11, 1956. From the guide to the Frieda Lawrence Photograph C...

Garnett, David, 1892-1981

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Epithet: author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000208.0x00027b Richard Garnett (1835–1906) worked at the British Museum for 50 years, and became Keeper of Printed Books; he was the author of many biographies, histories of Italian and English literature, verse translations of European poetry, and a poet in his own right. His son, Edward (1868–1937), was a publisher's editor for over 50 ...

Hayward, John, 1952-

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Bowen, Elizabeth, 1899-1973

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British writer of essays, short stories, and novels. From the description of Letter to Mrs. Brownrigg [?], ca. 1930. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122570785 Elizabeth Bowen (1899-1923) was an Anglo-Irish author. Among her many novels are The last September (1929), The house in Paris (1935), The death of the heart (1938), The heat of the day (1948), A world of love (1955), and Eva Trout; or, changing scenes (1968). Her othe...

John, Augustus 1879-1961

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Moore, T. Sturge (Thomas Sturge), 1870-1944

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Thomas Sturge Moore was an English poet, playwright, and art critic. Largely self-educated, Moore wrote books on modern artists and volumes of poems. His correspondence with William Butler Yeats has been published. From the description of T. Sturge Moore papers, 1918 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 26507462 From the guide to the T. Sturge Moore Papers, 1918, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Rare Book Literary and Historical Papers.) Thomas St...

Mansfield, Katherine, 1888-1923

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Katherine Mansfield was born in New Zealand, and also lived in England. During her Bohemian and rather brief life, she made significant contributions to the art of short story writing as a major 20th century writer. Her fiction is characterized by crisp metaphorical prose, a graceful yet inescapable sense of irony, and, above all, a unique and irresistible degree of observation. From the description of Katherine Mansfield letters, 1913. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). Worl...

Smyth, Ethel, 1858-1944

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Composer, author, and feminist. From the description of Letters, 1908-1934, bulk 1933-1934. (Washington State University). WorldCat record id: 36312849 English composer. From the description of Letters and scrapbook. 1877-1939 (bulk) [microform]. (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702690852 From the description of Autograph letter signed, from E.M. Smyth to Mr. Kroll, Frimhurst, Farnboro Station, Hants., 1893 March 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 1...

Morrell, Philip, 1870-

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