Manuscript poems, 1900.

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Manuscript poems, 1900.

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Keepsake album containing mounted ALS to Clement Shorter, St.George's Lodge, Worthing, 1900 Mar 15, submitting verses "for the coming Sphere" and hoping that they can be prefaced with "two or three sentences from Fortescue's History of the British Army." Laid in: newspaper clipping notice of Henley's funeral.

1 v. (6 p.) ; 26 x 20 cm.

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8025197

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Henley, William Ernest, 1849-1903

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William Ernest Henley was born in Gloucester, and sufferred from a painful condition in his joints; his left leg was amputated when he was eighteen, and the right leg was saved only through experimental treatments of carbolic acid. He was accepted to Oxford, but couldn't afford to attend, and he tried to earn a living as an author, writing poetry and drama with some success. As a poet, he is remembered for his experiments with blank verse; he also wrote countless magazine articles and essays. Hi...

Shorter, Clement King, 1857-1926

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Shorter worked as an editor with a number of British papers and journals, such as the ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, before founding and editing three early twentieth century journals: SKETCH, SPHERE, and the TATLER. Shorter also wrote critically about Victorian literature and published bibliographies about prominent British writers. From the description of Letter-Manuscript, 1920. (Temple University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 122348081 British writer. The letters are written...