Autograph letters signed from Sir Leslie Stephen, London, to various people [manuscript], 1873-1898.

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Autograph letters signed from Sir Leslie Stephen, London, to various people [manuscript], 1873-1898.

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Correspondents: Robert Browning, William Heinemann, Sydney Smith, Messrs. Trubner and another. In (1) Stephen asks Browning on behalf of Richard Simpson to read the play of "Sir Thomas More" and tell him if he can concur with Simpson in attributing part of it from internal evidence to Shakespeare. In (3) he tells (Smith?) that to him the 'Shakespeare-Bacon' theory is a mere craze.

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Heinemann, William, 1863-1920

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Stephen, Leslie, 1832-1904

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