Autograph letters and cards signed and initialled from Frederick James Furnivall to various recipients [manuscript], 1850-1890.

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Autograph letters and cards signed and initialled from Frederick James Furnivall to various recipients [manuscript], 1850-1890.

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Recipients: Robert Browning, [James Dykes?] C[ampbell]?, W.B. Donne, Edward Dowden, F.G. Fleay, John Jeremiah, [Frank Karslake], [E.F.] Rimbault, Edward R. Russell, Mr. S[nelgrove], Mr. Thomas, [Edward Viles?], a bookseller and other unidentified persons Letters to Fleay discuss the order of Shakespeare's plays and many textual matters; there are references to Dr. Appleton, P.A. Daniel, N. Delius, J.W. Hales, Richard Simpson, W.W. Skeat, James Spedding, Tennyson, W.A. Wright and other literary figures. In letters to Browning, Furnivall urges him to publish his wife's poetry in a cheap edition and to write on certain contemporary themes. Also, Fleay's drafts of two letters from himself to Abbott and Fleay's copy of one from Furnivall to Abbott, 1874, (155-157); Fleay's notes on some of the letters to him from Furnivall (115); a letter from W.C. H[azlitt] to Furnivall, July 29, 1869 (133); and a copy of a letter from Horace G. Bowen to Furnivall, March 7, 1890, about the Browning family (158). There are two copies of a printed notice from Furnivall as spokesman for the New Shakespeare Society and one for the Browning Society.

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Donne, William Bodham, 1807-1882

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Daniel, P. A. (Peter Augustin)

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Epithet: editor of Shakespeare British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000131.0x000174 ...

Thomas, Mr., 19th cent.

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Philological Society (Great Britain)

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Hales, John W. (John Wesley), 1836-1914

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Spedding, James, 1808-1881

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Furnivall, Frederick James, 1825-1910

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English scholar and editor. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Mrs. Mark's, Temple Gardens, Lincoln, to an unknown correspondent, 1890 Aug. 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270125491 Frederick James Furnivall (1825-1910) was an English scholar and editor who helped to organize the Working Men's College. Various organizations he founded include the Early English Text Society, Chaucer Society, New Shakspere Society, Wiclif Society, Browning Society, and Shelle...

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William Shakespeare was likely born April, 23, 1564; he was baptized in Stratford-upon-Avon on April 26, 1564. He grew up, had a family, and bought property in Stratford while working in London, the center of English theater. As an actor, a playwright, and a partner in a leading acting company, he became both prosperous and well-known. His parents were John and Mary Shakespeare. John was a leatherworker and involved in local politics, first becoming an alderman and eventually a town bailiff. ...

Rimbault, Edward F. (Edward Francis), 1816-1876

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Karslake, Frank, 1851-1920

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Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809-1892

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Dowden, Edward, 1843-1913

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Edward Dowden, Irish literary scholar and poet. He wrote several literary biographies, the most substantial being The Life of Percy Bysshe Shelley (1886). From the description of Edward Dowden manuscript material : 1 item, 1880 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 173998315 From the guide to the Edward Dowden manuscript material : 9 items, 1870's-1908, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) Edward Dowden wa...

Bowen, Horace G., -1902

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Hazlitt, William Carew, 1834-1913

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English bibliographer and man of letters; grandson of the essayist William Hazlitt. From the description of Postcard: to New York Times, 1900 Mar. 30. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122547408 ...

Jeremiah, John, -1881

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Browning, Robert, 1812-1889

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Appleton, Charles Edward Cutts Birch, 1841-1879

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Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 1806-1861

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning was an English poet and translator. Born on March 6, 1806, Barrett Browning became proficient in Greek, Latin, French, and other European languages. At the age of eleven she wrote a verse "epic" in four books of rhyming couplets, "The Battle of Marathon," which was privately printed in 1820 at her father's expense. She went on to write such works as "An essay on mind," "Sonnets from the Portuguese," and "Aurora Leigh." In September of 1846, she secretly marr...

Russell, Edward R. (Edward Richard), 1834-1920

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Skeat, Walter W. (Walter William), 1835-1912

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Simpson, Richard, 1820-1876

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Early English Text Society.

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Browning Society (London, England)

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Campbell, James Dykes, 1838-1895

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Scottish merchant and biographer of Coleridge. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to W.A. Knight, 1891 Mar. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270863247 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to W.A. Knight, 1884 June 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270863136 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to W.A. Knight, 1884 May 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270863125 From the description of ...

Viles, Edward

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Clergyman, author, and educator. From the description of Edwin Abbott Abbott correspondence, 1877. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79449347 Edwin Abbott Abbott was born in London on December 20, 1838. He was the eldest son of Edwin Abbott (1808⁰́₃1882), headmaster of the Philological School, Marylebone, and his wife, Jane Abbott (1806⁰́₃1882). His parents were first cousins.He was educated at the City of London School and at St John's College, Cambridge, where he took the hig...