Papers of Horace Howard Furness, 1872-1899.

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Papers of Horace Howard Furness, 1872-1899.

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Papers contain a letter to John Codman Ropes, dated April 25, 1812, expressing joy in receiving a copy of "Shakespeare's Legal Requirements" by John, Baron Campbell and discussing programs ("bills of fare") for Shakespere's plays, "King John," "King Lear," and "Measure for Measure." These were popular and reprinted in "The Athenaeum" and in William Blanchard Jerrold's "Knife and Fork", and also in Germany. In another letter, dated December 17, 1899, to Houghton Mifflin Company, Furness prefers not to return an incorrect order for a book of Keat's poetry, requests its price, and praises Horace Elisha Scudder as the editor. Photograph of Furness in academic regalia, clipped from a magazine, is also included.

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University of Virginia. Library

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