Letters, [ca. 1865-1935]. [ca. 1865-1935]

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Letters, [ca. 1865-1935]. [ca. 1865-1935]

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Letters ca. 1865-1935, from, and relating to, Adam Lindsay Gordon, including a letter from Gordon to Henry Kendall, and letters from a number of English authors supporting Sladen's petition for the creation of a monument to Gordon in the Poet's Corner of Westminster Abbey on the occasion of Gordon's centenary of birth on 19 October 1933. The collection comprises: 1. A letter from Gordon to Henry Kendall, ca. 1865: Has sent a ms. for comment and remarks "I am sick of writing". Orig ms. and typescript, typescript of Kendall 's poem, The hut by the black swamp. 2. Photograph of Sladen taken in Australia 1884; Gordon's tomb, a poem by Sladen in Temple Bar, 1886. Original ms.; Advertisement for an exhibition of antiques, art and coins, Ballarat City Hall, 1933. 3. Photograph of C. Elliott Perryman, ca. 1932, to Gordon; Dingley Dell, 1864-68, poem by Perryman at Port MacDonnell, S.A., Oct 12 1932. 4. Letter from Rudyard Kipling to F.J. Martell of Ballarat 23 Sept 1935, praising Gordon. 5. Letters from 4 English authors to Sladen endorsing proposal for memorial, J.M. Barrie, Philip Gibbs, John Galsworthy and Rudyard Kipling, each including a photograph; note by Sladen on the creation of a monument; photograph of Sladen, 1932, inscribed to F.J. Martell.

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Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936

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Joseph Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936) was an English author and poet. His best-known works include the novels and short story collections The Jungle Book (1894), Just So Stories (1902), Puck of Pook's Hill (1906), and Kim (1901), as well as a number of poems such as "Mandalay" (1890), "Gunga Din" (1890), and "If-" (1910). Kipling was born in Bombay, India, into an artistic family: his father was a sculptor, pottery designer, and professor of architectural sculpture and tw...

Barrie, J.M. (James Matthew), 1860-1937

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James Matthew Barrie (1860-1937) was a playwright and novelist who is chiefly remembered as the creator of Peter Pan. Barrie was born in Scotland and moved to London in 1885 where he would reside for the remainder of his life. His first successful novel, Auld licht idylls, was published in 1888 and Barrie continued to write fictional and autobiographical tales until the late 1890s. In 1897 Barrie became focused on writing for the theatre, producing Peter Pan, the boy who wouldn't grow up, in 190...

Gordon, Adam Lindsay, 1833-1870

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Poet. From the description of Hunting under the Southern Cross [manuscript]. 1870. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225835366 Adam Lindsay Gordon was an Australian poet, passionate about horse racing. He had a few bad falls but was undeterred. Suffering from depression, he shot himself on the beach in Brighton in 1870. From the description of Papers [manuscript]. 1865-1869. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 222894181 Poet. (see: The Ox...

Galsworthy, John, 1867-1933

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Novelist. From the description of Letters, 1900-1932. (Indiana University). WorldCat record id: 708580518 From the description of Papers, 1925-1933. (Indiana University). WorldCat record id: 708580524 John Galsworthy was an English dramatist and novelist. Educated as a barrister at Harrow and New College, Oxford, he instead decided to travel, attending to his family's shipping business abroad, and then began writing. His first book, From the Four Winds, was a collec...

Sladen, Douglas Brooke Wheelton, 1856-1947

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The bust of Adam Lindsay Gordon was unveiled in Poet's Corner, Westminster Abbey 1934 May 11 by the Duke and Duchess of York. From the description of [Scrap album covering the campaign to place a memorial to Adam Lindsay Gordon in Westminster Abbey] [manuscript]. [1933-1934] (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225800006 Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen was a British writer noted for his travel books and poetry compilations. From the description of Douglas Br...

Kendall, Henry, 1839-1882

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Henry Kendall was an Australian poet. From the description of Araluen [manuscript]. not after 1869. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 224454933 Poet, born in Ulladulla, N.S.W. He published "Poems and Songs" in 1862, "Leaves from Australian Forests" in 1869 and "Songs from the Mountains" in 1880. From the description of Poems and letters [manuscript]. 1862-1881. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225836095 ...

Gibbs, Philip, 1877-1962

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English author. From the description of Philip Gibbs letter to Will Orton Tewson [manuscript], undated. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 451379763 Sir Philip Gibbs -- British writer and journalist -- was born in London and educated by his father at home. He displayed an early interest in journalism and publishing entering his first job at the publishing house of Cassell. Gibbs wrote his first novel, Founders of the empire (1899) while working at Cas...

Perryman, C. Elliott (Charles Elliott)

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