Autograph letters signed from Howard Staunton, London, to unidentified recipients [manuscript], 1874.

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Autograph letters signed from Howard Staunton, London, to unidentified recipients [manuscript], 1874.

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(1) Dated May 26, 1874; Mentions Antony and Cleopatra, the New Shakespeare Society, Furnivall, and Furness. Includes an extract of a letter to Furnivall which he wishes the recipient to show to Furness. (2) Dated February 6, 1874; Thanks the recipient for Hiram Corson's jottings on the text of Hamlet and discusses the Cambridge edition at length.

2 items ; 18 x 12 cm to 21 x 13 cm.

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Folger Shakespeare Library

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Corson, Hiram, 1828-1911

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Hiram Corson, originally a Philadelphian, served for a time as librarian at the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C., and also as a teacher and writer about literature and spiritualism. From 1870 to 1903 he taught at Cornell University. He was the author of "An Introduction to the Study of Shakespeare" (1889). From the description of Letters to Horace Howard Furness, 1872-1909. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155879238 ...

Staunton, Howard, 1810-1874

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American Shakespeare scholar. From the description of Letters : to Dr. John C. Rolfe, 1910. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 79028412 Shakespearean scholar. From the description of Papers of Horace Howard Furness, 1872-1899. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 56349747 Horace Howard Furness was a lawyer and Shakespeare scholar. From the description of Scrapbook, 1869-1911. (American Philosophical Society Library). Wor...

Furnivall, Frederick James, 1825-1910

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New Shakspere Society (Great Britain)

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