Papers, 1882-1911 (inclusive).

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Papers, 1882-1911 (inclusive).

Contains 2,310 letters to Bunting while he was editor of Contemporary Review. Most are statements declining an invitation to write for the magazine. Correspondents include Lord Acton, Matthew Arnold, J.M. Barrie, Andrew Carnegie, Randolph Churchill, Wilkie Collins, W.E. Gladstone, William James, James Russell Lowell, Florence Nightingale, George Bernard Shaw, and others.

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University of Chicago Library

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