Scrapbook concerning Shakspere Society of Philadelphia compiled by Asa I. Fish [manuscript], ca. 1861.

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Scrapbook concerning Shakspere Society of Philadelphia compiled by Asa I. Fish [manuscript], ca. 1861.

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Includes menus, programs, and form invitations and receipts associated with the Shakspere Society of Philadelphia, from the period 1852-1861. Also, 20 letters from various correspondents, chiefly to Fish, and most in reply to invitations to Shakspere Society functions or otherwise discussing Shakespearian matters. Correspondents (Fish is recipient, unless otherwise noted): T. Sergeant, George William Curtis, Aug. Flagg, Richard Grant White, G.S. Hillard, William A. Ingham, William Deane, David R. Jaques, J. Hubley Ashton, Geo. Northrop, Lloyd P. Smith, Samuel M. Cleveland, Charles A. Dana to Robert P. Kane, George Hammersley to Dr. L.R. Hoecker, George Allen to Mr. [Misschart?], J.G. Rosengarten to Mr. Dean. Letters from Richard Grant White are especially wide-ranging and include references to his article on John Heming, articles "in reply to Collier's most absurb misrepresentation of me," Boaden, Dyce and Collier, an issue involving Milton in his edition, and "disputed passages in Cymbeline." The letter from William A. Ingham concerns theory that Heminge was a grocer, and William Dean draws attention to a letter he wrote to the Gentleman's magazine on "disasters in the sun" in Hamlet and "runaways eyes" in Romeo and Juliet.

1 v. ; 31 x 26 cm.

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