Letters to the Literary Agency of London, 1899-1916.

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Letters to the Literary Agency of London, 1899-1916.

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The collection contains letters from writers and agents to the Literary Agency of London which cover two basic themes: current projects in which the writers are currently engaged or are proposing; and responses to proposals that the Agency represent the individual. Writers include: A. C. Benson, Hilaire Belloc, [Oscar?] Browning, Constance Garnett, Walter Jerrold, Sheila Kaye-Smith, Justin Huntly McCarthy, "Lewis Melville" (Lewis Saul Benjamin), Gilbert Murray, Will Owen, Barry Pain, Rafael Sabatini, Philip Snowden, and Alfred Sutro.

0.20 linear ft. (1 box)

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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Literary Agency of London

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Owen, Will, 1869-1957

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Benjamin, Lewis Saul, 1874-1932

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Snowden, Philip Snowden, Viscount, 1864-1937

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Jerrold, Walter, 1865-1929

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Sutro, Alfred, 1863-1933

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Epithet: dramatist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000679.0x000101 Epithet: playwright and translator British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000496.0x000163 ...

Garnett, Constance, 1861-1946

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Browning, Oscar, 1837-1923

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Oscar Browning (1837-1923), historian, was born in London on 17 January 1837. He attended Eton from 1850, and entered King's College, Cambridge, in 1856, where he became a fellow in 1859. He was assistant master at Eton, 1860-1875, before returning to King's, where he was appointed a lecturer in history in 1880. He became a university lecturer in 1883, and was principal of the Cambridge University day training college for teachers, which he was chiefly responsible for founding, 1891-1909. He lef...

Murray, Gilbert, 1866-1957

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English classical scholar. From the description of Autograph letter signed : 131 Banbury Road, Oxford, to Sir Sydney Cockerell, 1907 Oct. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270612718 Epithet: of Stowe MS 208 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000985.0x00020a Epithet: OM, classical scholar British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100...

Pain, Barry, 1864-1928

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Sabatini, Rafael, 1875-1950

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Italian/British novelist. From the description of The Sea-Hawk : typescript : [England?], [ca. 1914]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270635282 Rafael Sabatini was born in Jesi, Italy, on April 29, 1875, to opera singers Vincenzo and Anna Sabatini. Educated in Switzerland and Portugal, Sabatini was fluent in several languages; however, his mother, herself English, saw to it that English was his most natural tongue. After spending most of his young life traveling ...

McCarthy, Justin H. (Justin Huntly), 1860-1936

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Irish author and politician. From the description of Autograph postal card signed : [n.p.], to Harper & Bros., stamped 1900 Dec. 31. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270608778 British dramatist, novelist, and historian. From the description of Two letters to Andrew Chatto and one letter to Messers Chatto and Windus, 1880-1897. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122444082 Justin Huntly McCarth...

Kaye-Smith, Sheila, 1887-1956

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English novelist whose works were set in Sussex. From the description of Sheila Kaye-Smith letter to Glen Walton Blodgett, 1921 December 30. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 76968820 Sheila Kaye-Smith was an English author. A natural storyteller, she was popular for her strongly plotted stories, unsentimental prose, and accurate portrayal of her native Sussex. Best known for her novels, she also published poetry, short fiction, autobiography, and various diverse...

Benson, Arthur Christopher, 1862-1925

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Benson was born Apr. 24, 1862; his father was Edward White Benson, who later became Archbishop of Canterbury; entered Eton as King's scholar, 1874; went to King's College, Cambridge, 1881; returned to work at Eton, 1885-1903; published first volume of essays, 1896; produced various works, including a biography of his father, Edward White Benson (1899), The schoolmaster (1902), Land of hope and glory, and Peace and other poems (1905); in all, published more than seventy books, including poetry, s...

Belloc, Hilaire, 1870-1953

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Franco-British writer. From the description of Letters : to Miss Penn, 1917 Nov. 24 and 1929 Mar. 15. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122601939 English historian, essayist, poet and novelist born La Celle-Saint-Cloud, France July 27, 1870; died Guildford, England July 16, 1953. Belloc wrote biographies of Robespierre (1901) Marie Antoinette (1909) and numerous works on English political history. From 1920-19...