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Papers of Frederick James Furnivall (1825-1910)
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Papers of Frederick James Furnivall (1825-1910)
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Personal papers, 1841-1926:
Papers relating to friends, family, early education and personal matters
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Papers relating to Furnivall's family and the family home
of Great Fosters House, Egham, 1865-1926
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1865-1926
Papers and correspondence relating to Furnivall's family,
his inheritance and the family home, Great Fosters House, Egham,
including:
three printed copies of Furnivall's father George Frederick Furnivall's
will and codicil, 1865;
letter to Furnivall from his brother Charles concerning mortgage
arrangements on Great Fosters House, 15 Nov 1865;
printed acrostic paying tribute to the cycling achievements of Furnivall's
son Percival, 1886;
letter to Furnivall from his cousin Joseph Furnivall regarding the
genealogy of the Sandbach branch of the Furnivall family, 20 Dec 1904;
undated notes by Furnivall relating to genealogy, taken from William
Dugdale's Antiquities of Warwickshire;
letter regarding the 100th birthday of Furnivall's sister Selina,
8 Apr 1926. 14 items
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Correspondence from friends and fellow academics, 1865-1910
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1865 Nov
Letters to Furnivall from William Woodham Webb, regarding a Mr Price who has been declared bankrupt but appears to still be in possession of an article belonging to Furnivall. 3 items
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1865 Dec
Correspondence between Furnivall and Anthony Panizzi, principal librarian at the British Museum, regarding Furnivall's criticism of the apparently lengthy cataloguing procedure in the Museum's library. 2 items
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1865, 1885
Letters to Furnivall from Sir Frederic Madden, assistant librarian, British Museum and William Ralston Shedden Ralston, offering to write testimonials on Furnivall's behalf. 2 items
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1884-1904
Letters and postcards from Furnivall to Walter Brindley Slater on subjects including their mutual health, Thomas James Wise, the poet Robert Browning, recent literary publications, the Hammersmith Sculling Club, the New English Dictionary and Furnivall's intention to be cremated after death. 37 items
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1882-1888
Letters to Furnivall from: Arthur Joseph Munby, regarding the public reception of Munby's work Dorothy, 15 Apr 1882; John Churton Collins, complaining about the Edinburgh publisher John Murray, 31 Dec [1886]; Joseph Hirst Lupton, describing an edition of John Milton's Paradise Lost, 24 May 1887; Henry Morley, apologising for an article which seemed to criticise Furnivall, 21 Feb 1888. 4 items
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1889 Jun
Letters to Furnivall from Richard William Church, Dean of St Paul's Cathedral, regarding Church's recently deceased son Frederick John Church. 2 items
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1865-1890
Letters to Furnivall from female friends including Margaret Lupton and Anna Kellner, mainly on the subject of his health. 5 items
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[1870-1880]
Letters to Furnivall from John Wesley Hales, on subjects including Alfred Lord Tennyson's interpretation of the legend of King Arthur, London geography and James Augustus Murray's forthcoming paper on the Scottish dialect. 3 items
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1903-1904
Letters to Furnivall from Richard Warwick Bond, regarding the mistakes in Bond's recent publication The Complete Works of John Lyly (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902), Furnivall's election to the British Academy and Bond's job application to Newcastle University. 2 items
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1895-1910
Letters and postcard to Furnivall from George Edward Cockayne, on subjects including literature, genealogy, Shakespeare and Furnivall's declining health. 9 items
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1900 Mar-Sep
Letter and photocopy letter to Furnivall from Thomas Arnold regarding his childhood home of Laleham, Surrey and criticising the literary quality of his own book. 2 items
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1887-1910
Correspondence between Furnivall, fellow academics and friends notably including: Ewald Flügel, Lord Ronald Charles Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, James Greenstreet, Emil Hansknecht, Henry Arthur Jones, William Paton Ker, Arthur Francis Leach, George Edwin MacLean, Arthur Sampson Napier, D'Arcy Power, Walter William Skeat, George Edward Batement Saintsbury, Eduard Sievers, Howard Staunton, Hermann Suchier, and Thomas James Wise, mainly concerning arrangements to meet with Furnivall or seeking his opinion on literary matters. 22 items
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1886-1909
Letters and postcards to Furnivall from correspondents including Edward Arber, (Marion) Edith Holman Hunt [wife of painter William Holman Hunt], John Matthews Manley and Paget Jackson Toynbee regarding the exchange of gifts, mainly of books. 9 items plus enclosure.
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[1890]-1909
Letters and postcard to Furnivall from William Cory [William Johnson], John Lours and Percy Simpson offering critical opinions of other academics' work including John Churton Collins and William Blades. 3 items
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1894 May 7
Invitation to Furnivall from John James Baddeley, Chairman of the Library Committee of the Corporation of the City of London, to dine at the Cannon Street Hotel, 7 May 1894.
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1909-1910
Letter and postcards to Furnivall from Beatrice Harraden, on subjects including the production of Harraden's play The Outcast at the Scala Theatre, London, 1909, mutual acquaintances and Furnivall's terminal illness. 5 items
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1909-1910
Letters to Furnivall from Ernest Hartley Coleridge, Charles Prestwood Lucas, William Poel, George Edward Batement Saintsbury, John Alfred Spender and Joseph Wright, mainly reacting to the news of Furnivall's terminal illness. 6 items
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1885-[1910]
Greetings cards and letters to Furnivall, notably from Helen G Atkinson, Jean Jules Jusserand and Dollie Radford [Caroline Maitland]. 7 items
[ FURNIVALL: 1/3] Accounts, invoices and receipts, 1863-1908
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1863 Apr -1865 May
Small manuscript accounts book by Furnivall, listing household expenses, book purchases and costs associated with his literary publications, including payments to transcribers.
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1865-1908
Invoices, bills, receipts and notes relating to the purchase of clothes, furniture, books, insurance and rent. Includes a letter and receipt from the Cremation Society of England confirming Furnivall's payment to become a life member. 14 items
[ FURNIVALL: 1/4] Lectures and notes relating to Furnivall's studies at University College London 1841-1842
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1841 Oct 4-Nov 11
Manuscript notebook containing transcript by Furnivall of lectures on chemistry delivered by Professor Thomas Graham at University College London, 1841.
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1842 Mar 11-Apr 14
Manuscript notebook containing transcript by Furnivall of lectures on chemistry delivered by Professor Thomas Graham at University College London, 1842.
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1841 Oct 19 - 1842 Jan 21
Manuscript notebook containing transcript by Furnivall of lectures on the Greek language delivered by Professor Henry Malden at University College London, 1841-1842.
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1842 Jan 13- Apr 27
Manuscript notebook compiled by Furnivall of translations from the Greek of Homer's Odyssey and Sophocles' Antigone under Professor Henry Malden, University College London, 1842.
[ FURNIVALL: 1/5] Papers relating to Furnivall's studies at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, 1842-1845
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1842 Dec 11
Thoughts on the Importance of Special Prayer for the General Outpouring of the Holy Spirit by Rev James Haldane Stewart. (London: J Davies, nd).
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[1842-1845]
Printed copy of poem Cabul (Cambridge: J Hall, nd)
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[1842-1845]
Manuscript poem 'The Tower of London', by Michael Prendergast, Trinity Hall Cambridge.
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1843
Quartine in occasione della visita di sua real maesta la Regina Vittoria, con sua altezza reale il Principe Alberto, alla Universita di Cambridge. (Cambridge: Metcalfe & Palmer, 1843).
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[1843-1845]; [1870-1904]
Manuscript notes and diary on geology by Furnivall taken whilst on a study trip to North Wales. With undated letter from Isaac Roberts regarding the geology of Penrhyn, North Wales. 6 items
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1829 Sep 1
Map Ancient Greece Southern Part. Published under the Superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. (London: Baldwin & Craddock, 1829). Note: map is damaged along its folds.
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[1842-1845]
Incomplete section of a notebook containing manuscript notes by Furnivall on arithmetical subjects.
[ FURNIVALL: 1/6] Memorials to 'Teena' Rochfort Smith, 1883
Memorials to 'Teena' [Mary Lilian] Rochfort Smith (1861-1883), Furnivall's mistress. Died when she accidentally set fire to herself, apparently whilst attempting to burn a letter from Furnivall's wife Eleanor.
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1883
Teena Rochfort-Smith. A Memoir (1883), memorial volume anonymously prepared by Furnivall, paying tribute to his mistress 'Teena' Mary Lilian Rochfort Smith.
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1883 Sep 19
Article 'In Memoriam' taken from the Cheltenham Examiner, 19 September 1883, paying tribute to Teena Rochfort-Smith and giving a short biographical sketch of her accomplishments.
[ FURNIVALL: 1/7] Photographs, 1876-[1910]
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1876 Oct 3
Half length, three quarter faced Autotype portrait of Furnivall aged 51, 3 October 1876. 5 copies.
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1901 Feb 6
Half length photogravure portrait of Furnivall aged 76, 6 Feb 1901, engraved from the original by Elliott & Fry by Walker & Cockerell. 3 copies
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[1910]
Four half length photographic studies of Furnivall aged around 85, signed by C [Charles] W Carey. 4 items
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1895-[1901]
Incomplete album containing photographs of Mr and Mrs Michael Henry Dziewicki,
nd; the actress Maggie Bradley as Ophelia in Twelfth Night, May 1899;
Professor Axel Erdmann, 1895; Frederick Startridge Ellis, nd.
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Papers relating to
the Philological Society and the New English Dictionary
(later the Oxford English Dictionary), 1858-1909
The Philological Society was formed in 1842 by Anglo-Saxon
scholar Edwin Guest to investigate historical philology,
etymology and the philology of other languages.
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Papers relating to the Philological Society, 1858-1889
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1858-1862
Advertisements publicising the opportunity for non members
of the Philological Society to purchase volumes of the
'Proceedings of the Philological Society'. 2 items
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1865
Receipts relating to the donation of books to the Philological Society from the Smithsonian Institute, Washington DC, USA and Académie Royal des Sciences, Amsterdam, Netherlands. 2 items
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1865-1909
Letters, postcard and notes to Furnivall mainly on the philological and etymological analysis of texts from correspondents including Joseph Thomas Fowler, Henry Huck Gibbs and Walter William Skeat. 7 items plus enclosures.
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1882
Incomplete copy of the 'Proceedings of the Philological Society, 1882,' including reports of meetings and the treasurer's accounts for 1881.
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1883
'Monthly abstract of the proceedings of the Philological Society, 3 Nov 1882 to 19 Jan 1883,' includes a report by James Augustus Henry Murray on the current progress of the New English Dictionary, with names of contributors and the letters covered.
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1889
Card advertising the forthcoming meetings of the Philological Society, held at University College London, 1 Nov 1889 to 5 Dec 1890, including names of speakers, topics of the papers presented and names of the elected officers of the society.
[ FURNIVALL: 2/2] New English Dictionary, later Oxford English Dictionary, 1859-1909.
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1859
Proposal for the Publication of a New English Dictionary by the Philological Society. (London: Trubner & Co, 1859). Outline of the plan for the research and publication of the new dictionary, including detailed rules of the method, structure and format of submissions.
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1861
An Alphabetical List of English Words Occurring in the Literature of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries; and Forming a Basis of Comparison for the Use of Contributors to the New Dictionary of the Philological Society. Part I - A-D. (London: Emily Faithfull & Co, 1861). Publication listing the words beginning with the letters A to D for which definitions have been received. Originally owned by Herbert Coleridge first official editor of the dictionary. Extensively annotated with manuscript tables of additional words, mostly by Furnivall.
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1862
An Alphabetical List of English Words Occurring in the Literature of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries; and Forming a Basis of Comparison for the Use of Contributors to the New Dictionary of the Philological Society. Part III - M-Z. (Hertford: Stephen Austin, 1862). Publication listing the words beginning with the letters M to Z for which definitions have been received. Includes report by Furnivall detailing the action and proposed timescale of publishing a Concise Dictionary to act as a basis of comparison for the work already done and calling for more sub-editors to help with the preparation.
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[c.1864-1876]
Printed circular from Furnivall requesting a photographic image from all contributors for a collection of portraits of all those who have helped compile the New English Dictionary.
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1865
The Philological Society's New English Dictionary. Vocabulary of Words Beginning With the Letters U and V. Compiled by the Rev T Sheppard. (Hertford: Stephen Austin, 1865). Publication requesting contributors to submit examples of word usage for the letters U and V. Includes report by Furnivall on the progress of the dictionary and a request for sub editors to take on the organisation of contributions for particular letters.
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1865 -1870
Letters to Furnivall from contributors to the New English Dictionary, including Henry Hucks Gibbs, Louisa Scott and Arthur Dixon, mainly concerning the sources used for word definitions. 7 items
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1865 -1896
Letters to Furnivall from Walter William Skeat, Robert Rogers and Edward Arber, relating to problems in the organisation of the New English Dictionary including an account of the serious debts incurred by 1896. 3 items
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1869 Jul 21
Paper by Samuel Steman Haldeman 'American Dictionaries' from the Southern Review, Baltimore, July 1869, reviewing A Dictionary of the English Language by Joseph E Worcester (1860, 1868) and An American Dictionary of the English Language by Noah Webster (1864, 1869). Includes loose copy of Haldeman's paper 'Etymology as a means of education' from the Pennsylvania School Journal, Oct 1868.
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1900
'In Honorem F.J.F. (AD 1900)' by Walter William Skeat, poem based on Chaucer's A Clerk's Tale, paying tribute to Furnivall's contribution to the dictionary, produced to mark Furnivall's 75th birthday. 4 copies
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1908 Dec-1909 Sep
Letters to Furnivall from James Augustus Henry Murray, editor of the Oxford English Dictionary and co-editors William Alexander Craigie and Henry Bradley, principally concerning the continuing difficulties in the production of the dictionary. Includes an undated note to Furnivall from an unidentified author requesting that his dictionary be forwarded to Murray. 5 items
[ FURNIVALL: 2/3] Other material relating to philology, [1860]-1885
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1885 Mar 17
Paper by James W Wright, 'Anglo-Saxon Glosses to Boethius' from the American Journal of Philology, Vol V, (1885). Attached is advertisement for Wright's courses in Anglo Saxon grammar to be run at John Hopkins University, 1885.
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Working Men's College, education and social reform, 1854-1912
The Working Men's College was founded in 1854 by social
reformers John Frederick Denison Maurice, John Malcolm Ludlow,
Charles Kingsley, Frederick Furnivall and others to promote
regular and organised education amongst working class men
(women's classes began in 1856).
The classes were not intended to be a series of miscellaneous
lectures as taught at the Mechanics Institutes, but structured
courses comparable to those run by larger established
universities such as University College London and King's College
London.
The college is still extant, and is now situated in Crowndale Road,
North London.
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Publications and papers relating to the Working Men's College, 1854-1912
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1854
On the Nature of Gothic Architecture and Herein of the True Functions of the Workman in Art by John Ruskin, 1854. Text taken from the sixth chapter of the second volume of Stones of Venice by Ruskin (London: Smith, Elder, 1851-1853). Proceeds of the sales of the pamphlet were to be given to the Working Men's College.
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1865
'Regimental orders of the 19th Middlesex Rifle Volunteers for Dec 1865 and Jan 1866.' Printed circular giving the dates and times of forthcoming drills and inspections, and balance sheet of accounts from Jan 1863 to Apr 1865.
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1891
Paper by Furnivall, 'Early History of the Working Men's College', originally published in the Working Men's College Magazine, 1860, relating the history of the first six years of the College. 4 copies
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1891 Jul
The Working Men's College Journal, volume 1, no. 18, July 1891. Includes: the final part of the article, 'Early History of the Working Men's College' by Furnivall; a report of the meeting of the Carlyle Society, 1 June 1891; an account of the meeting of the Gilchrist Trustees and the London Society for the Extension of University Teaching, 18 June 1891; sporting results. 2 copies
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1893 Oct
Article 'Two Sundays Out' from The Working Men's College Journal, Oct 1893, giving an account of a day trip by the Field Club of the Working Men's College to Hampton-on-Thames where they went sculling with Furnivall. 3pp
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1901 Nov
The Working Men's College Journal, volume 7, no. 111, Nov 1901. Includes: summary of the first lecture in the series 'Introduction to the Study of English law' by Professor Albert Venn Dicey, Principal of the College; list of students' academic achievements, 1901; report of the Principal and Teachers' Meeting, 27 September 1901; sporting results; account of lecture 'Society and Industry 300 Years Ago' by George Macauley Trevelyan, 12 Oct 1901.
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1901 Dec
The Working Men's College Journal, volume 7, no. 112, Dec 1901. Includes: summary of the second lecture in the series 'Introduction to the Study of English law' by Professor Albert Venn Dicey, Principal of the College; sporting results; description of the lecture 'A Pioneer of History - the Venerable Bede' by A W Kirkaldy, Wadham College, Oxford, 26 October 1901.
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1912 Jul 12
Printed circular from the Committee of the Furnivall Memorial Fund, Working Men's College, Crowndale Road, listing subscribers and the balance sheet to date for the fund set up in memory of Furnivall.
[ FURNIVALL: 3/2] Papers and notes relating to lectures given at the Working Men's College, [1854]-1876
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[1854]
Manuscript lecture notes by two unknown hands, 'Naval adventure in the reign of Elizabeth' by Rev John Llewellyn Davies. Annotated by Furnivall.
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[1854-1860]
Letter to Furnivall from John Malcolm Forbes Ludlow suggesting possible changes to Furnivall's grammar class given to students at the Working Men's College.
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1858 Mar 8
Brief notes for a lecture on James Russell Lowell's The Biglow Papers, given by Furnivall at the Working Men's College, 8 March 1858.
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[1854-1860]
Undated brief notes by Furnivall for an eight part lecture series on English literature.
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[1872]
Manuscript notebook containing notes on the lecture 'The English legislation affecting the working classes" by Thomas Randle Bennett, taken by unknown hand and notes by Furnivall of abstracts and codicils of wills, illustrating acts of legal conveyance.
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1874 Jan 10
Manuscript transcript of John Wesley Hales' lecture, 'The succession of Shakspere's plays', given at the Working Men's College, 10 Jan 1874. [see 8/5/1]
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[1854]-1876
Manuscript notebook compiled by Furnivall on Anglo Saxon, Latin, French, Celtic and Greek prefixes and suffixes, relating to his grammar classes at the Working Men's College. Also notes in relation to John Wesley Hales' lectures on English literature at Bedford College, London, Oct 1876. Includes printed circulars advertising Hales' lectures. 3 items
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See also 8/5/1,3
[ FURNIVALL: 3/3] Papers relating to education, 1866-1890
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1866
The Curriculum of Modern Education and the Respective Claims of Classics and Science to be Represented in it Considered by Joseph Payne (London: Virtue, Brothers & Co, 1866).
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1867-1907
Education in Early England by Furnivall (Early English Text Society Ordinary Series 32, 1867), heavily annotated by Furnivall with additional notes, newspaper cuttings and letters on educational subjects.
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1875-1876
Printed circulars and pamphlet relating to the English literature lecture series organised by the Cambridge University Extension Scheme.
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1891 Apr-May
Printed circular advertising a course of six lectures to be delivered by Miss Beatrice Potter [Martha Beatrice Webb], 'The Co-operative movement in Great Britain' to take place in the Essex Hall, Strand, London, beginning 14 Apr 1891.
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[1880-1910]
Scott's The Lady of the Lake by William James Rolfe. Rolfe's Student Series of Standard English Poems for Schools and Colleges. (Boston: Ticknor and Company, nd).
[ FURNIVALL: 3/3/6]
1890
Press cutting taken from the Pall Mall Gazette, 28 Jul 1890, reporting Dr Leon Kellner's attempt to organise a pen friend scheme between English and German schools.
[ FURNIVALL: 3/4] Papers relating to social reform, 1842-1857
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1842
Letter to the Council of the Anti-Corn-Law League by Thomas Gisborne. (London: James Ridgeway, 1842).
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[1852]
Paper by Furnivall, 'Association a necessary part of Christianity' describing the aims of the Society for Promoting Working Men's Associations and listing co-operative associations and stores in current operation.
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1857 Jan 22
Press cutting from the Morning Advertiser, 22 Jan 1857,
reporting a meeting (which was to be chaired by Furnivall),
held by the Coalwhippers of the Port of London complaining
about their working conditions.
Founded by Furnivall in 1864, the aim of the Early English
Text Society was to bring attention to previously unprinted
early literature through its publication scheme and to
provide source material for the Philological Society's
New English Dictionary (later the Oxford English a
Dictionary)
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Correspondence relating to the Early English Text Society, 1864-1909
[ FURNIVALL: 4/1/1]
1864 Dec-1893 Mar
Letters to Furnivall regarding the production and sales of Early English Text Society publications, from correspondents including Richard Clay & Sons Ltd, Joseph Meadows Cowper, Walter George Boswell Stone and George Frederic Warner. 8 items plus enclosure.
[ FURNIVALL: 4/1/2]
1865-1909
Letters, postcards, notes and transcripts relating to the subject and content of manuscripts for possible future publication, notably from Edmund Brock, Henry Octavius Coxe, Samuel Rawson Gardiner, Gordon Hall Gerould, Henry Hucks Gibbs, William Carew Hazlitt, Carl Horstmann, Jean Jules Jusserand, Joseph Rawson Lumby, Frederic David Matthew, Arthur Sampson Napier, George Parker, George Gresley Perry, Richard Sims, Henry Paine Stokes, James R Thursfield and William Aldis Wright. 45 items plus enclosures
[ FURNIVALL: 4/1/3]
1865-1866
Letters to Furnivall from John Romilly, Master of the Rolls, and William John Thoms, secretary to the Camden Society, regarding the publication of early English texts by other organisations. 2 items
[ FURNIVALL: 4/1/4]
1866 Oct-1869 Jun
Letters to Furnivall from Henry Benjamin Wheatley, secretary to the Early English Text Society, and Joseph Rawson Lumby, regarding the running of the Society, including problems securing enough published volumes to supply the winners of the Early English Text Society prizes and controversy surrounding the issue of the 'Extra Series' publications. 3 items
[ FURNIVALL: 4/1/5]
1865-1867
Letters to Furnivall from William Henry Bliss and Sir Edward Strachey, regarding Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte D'Arthur. Also letter from Furnivall to the librarian of the British Museum enquiring about manuscripts containing Arthurian legends. 4 items
[ FURNIVALL: 4/1/6]
1866 Jan
Letters to Furnivall from Walter William Skeat relating to editorial matters concerning Early English Text Society publications, notably Skeat's research for his edition of William Langland's Piers Plowman (published as The vision of William concerning Piers Plowman; together with Vita de Dowel, Dobet, et Dobest, secundum Wit et Resoun. (London: Early English Text Society Original Series 28, 38, 54, 67, 81, 1867-77)). 10 items
[ FURNIVALL: 4/1/7]
1866-1885
Letters to Furnivall from (James) Shirley Hibberd and William Bell Scott, enquiring about the content and availability of forthcoming Early English Text Society publications. 2 items
[ FURNIVALL: 4/1/8]
1866-1893
Letters to Furnivall notably from Henry Wyndham, 2nd Baron Leconfield, Professor Dr Albrecht Wagner and Eugene Oswald, thanking Furnivall for the gift of publications issued by the Early English Text Society. 4 items
[ FURNIVALL: 4/1/9]
1887 Mar 18
Circular printed letter from Matthew T Culley calling for subscriptions to fund the reissue of older Early English Text Society publications to mark Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee. 5 copies
[ FURNIVALL: 4/1/10]
1909
Letters to Furnivall from John George Robertson, regarding obtaining copies of an article by Raymond Wilson Chambers from Cambridge University Press for Early English Text Society members. 2 items
[ FURNIVALL: 4/2] Reports and publicity material of the Early English Text Society, [1865]-1910
[ FURNIVALL: 4/2/1]
[1865]
Incomplete leaflets publicising the intentions of the Early English Society, listing its publications for 1864-1865 and current subscribers. 2 items
[ FURNIVALL: 4/2/2]
1866 Jan
'Second Annual Report of the Committee, January 1866' of the Early English Text Society, including a report of the institution of an Early English Text Society examination prize to be held amongst students from universities and colleges. 4 copies
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1867 Jan
'Third Annual Report of the Committee, January 1867' of the Early English Text Society, including a report on the success of Society in attracting new members and the continuing popularity of its publications.
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1868 Jan
'Report of the Committee, January 1868' of the Early English Text Society, including a report on the increase in membership and a review of the previous year's publications. 2 copies
[ FURNIVALL: 4/2/5]
1869 Jan
'Fifth Annual Report of the Committee, January 1869' of the Early English Text Society, including a report on the continuing success of the Society in awakening interest in Early English. 2 copies
[ FURNIVALL: 4/2/6]
1871 Feb
'Seventh Annual Report of the Committee, February 1871' of the Early English Text Society, including a report on the lack of growth of the Society ascribed to the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, tables and lists of all the manuscript copies of 'Anglo Saxon Homilies' located in universities and libraries. 2 copies
[ FURNIVALL: 4/2/7]
1887 Mar 11
'Early English Text Society Statement for 1887 and 1888,' 11 Mar 1887. Statement written by Furnivall and issued to the members of the Early English Text Society with The Prose Lives of Women Saints by Dr Carl Horstmann (1886) detailing the forthcoming publications in the original, extra and reprint series. 5 copies
[ FURNIVALL: 4/2/8]
1880
Manuscript draft by Furnivall of the 'Twelfth Annual Report of the Committee, 1880' of the Early English Text Society, consisting principally of suggestions for future publications. 7pp
[ FURNIVALL: 4/2/9]
[1888]
Pages three and four of 'Annual Report of the Committee, 1887' of the Early English Text Society. 2 copies.
[ FURNIVALL: 4/2/10]
1888-1889
Incomplete 'Annual Report of the Committee, 1888-1889' of the Early English Text Society.
[ FURNIVALL: 4/2/11]
1895
Incomplete 'Annual Report of the Committee, 1895' of the Early English Text Society, previewing publications in preparation and listing the Original and Extra Series publications already issued by the Society [pages are uncut].
[ FURNIVALL: 4/2/12]
1910
Incomplete 'Annual Report of the Committee, 1910' of the Early English Text Society.
[ FURNIVALL: 4/3] Publications and proofs of the Early English Text Society, 1865-1892
[ FURNIVALL: 4/3/1]
1865-1888
Proofs of Early English Text Society publications including: Generydes: a romance in seven-line stanzas; John Awdeley's The Fraternitye of Vacabondes; Humphrey Gilbert's Queene Elizabethes Achademy; Francis Thynne's Emblemes and epigrammes; The Boke of Duke Huon of Burdeux; The Early South-English Legendary, or, Lives of Saints; The Romance of Guy of Warwick; The Life of Saint Werburge of Chester; The romance of Sir Beues of Hamtoun; Thomas Vicary's The Anatomie of the Bodie of Man. 21 items
[ FURNIVALL: 4/3/2]
1872; 1892 Jul 31
A Treatise on the Astrolabe; Addressed to his Son Lowys by Geoffrey Chaucer. A.D. 1391 edited by Walter William Skeat. (London: Early English Text Society Extra Series 16, 1872), with letter to Furnivall from Skeat concerning the astrolabe at Salisbury Cathedral, 31 Jul 1892.
[ FURNIVALL: 4/4] Manuscript transcripts and notes, 1866-[1910]
[ FURNIVALL: 4/4]
1866-[1910]
Transcriptions and notes from manuscripts and publications by Furnivall, Edmund Brock, Walter William Skeat, David Laing and others including: The Rewle of the Moon from Sloane MS 635 and Harleian MS 3725; alliterative poem by Humfrey Newton; John Page's poem The Siege of Rouen from Egerton MS 1995; Metrical Romances and Moralizations, held at the Advocate Library, Edinburgh; first two chapters of Henrik Rantzau's De Valetudine Conseruanda or The Preservation of Health, or a Dyet for the Healthfull Mann (London: August Matthews for Thomas Dewe, 1624); William Langland's Piers Plowman from Lincolns Inn MS 150; Thomas Hoccleve's poem Lerne to Dye from Harley MS 172; The Confession of a Syren from Sloan MS 542; Chapter 77 of John Bourchier's Froissart's Chronicle (London: Richard Pinson, 1525). Includes library request slips from the British Museum for manuscripts ordered by Furnivall [note: Humfrey Newton transcript is oversize]
[ FURNIVALL: 4/5] Other material relating to the study of Early English texts, 1848-1907
[ FURNIVALL: 4/5/1]
1848
Some Account of the Vernon Manuscript, a Volume of Early English Poetry Preserved in the Bodleian Library by James Orchard Halliwell Phillips (London: John Russell Smith, 1848), with annotations by Furnivall, noting alternate manuscripts references and works which have been copied for the Early English Text Society.
[ FURNIVALL: 4/5/2]
1867 Nov 12
Review from the Gentleman's Magazine, no. 23, new series Nov 1867, relating to the publications of the Early English Text Society.
[ FURNIVALL: 4/5/3]
1874 Oct 14
On the Language of the Proverbs of Alfred by Ernestus Gropp (Halis Saxonum, 1874).
[ FURNIVALL: 4/5/4]
1886
Über Richard Ros' mittelenglische Übersetzung des Gedichtes von Alain Chartier "La belle dame sans mercy" by Hermann Gröhler (Breslau: Lindner, 1886). [in German]
[ FURNIVALL: 4/5/5]
1887 Aug 20
Canticum de Creatione, edited by Dr Carl Horstmann with an introduction by Julius Zupitza. [in German]
[ FURNIVALL: 4/5/6]
[1890-1900]
Article by Alfred Anscombe regarding the 9th century Anglo Saxon poem 'Widsith', taken from an unknown publication.
[ FURNIVALL: 4/5/7]
1900 Apr 23
The Lays of Graelent and Lanval and the Story of Wayland
by William Henry Schofield (Baltimore: Modern Language Association
of America, 1900).
[ FURNIVALL: 4/5/8]
1907 Aug 6
Proof copy of A Wonder Book of Old Romance
by Frederick Joseph Harvey Darton, London, 1907.
Includes manuscript draft introduction written by Furnivall.
Founded by Furnivall in 1868, the Chaucer Society's aim
was to publish the unprinted manuscripts of Geoffrey Chaucer's
works for scholars to demonstrate how they varied from the
well known printed versions. The Society dissolved in 1912
[ FURNIVALL: 5/1]
Correspondence relating to the Chaucer Society, 1868-1909
[ FURNIVALL: 5/1/1]
1868
Printed circular issued by Furnivall advertising the newly formed Chaucer Society, detailing the reasons behind its formation, its aims, forthcoming publications and a list of current subscribers.
[ FURNIVALL: 5/1/2]
1866-1870
Correspondence and papers relating to Henry Bradshaw, mainly letters to Furnivall in relation to the editing and publication of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales by the Chaucer Society. 9 items
[ FURNIVALL: 5/1/3]
1868-1869
Letters to Furnivall from John Earle and Alexander John Ellis, regarding the philology of Chaucer texts, in particular Ellis' theory of the influence of regional pronunciation on word forms found in different manuscripts. 5 items
[ FURNIVALL: 5/1/4]
1869 Nov-Dec
Correspondence relating to the loan of a manuscript of Chaucer's Man of Laws from the National Library, Sweden, to the British Museum for Furnivall's use, including letters to Furnivall from: George Stephens; Edward A Bond, Keeper of Manuscripts, British Museum; Henry Leigh Douglas Ward, Department of Manuscripts, British Museum. In English and Swedish. 6 items
[ FURNIVALL: 5/1/5]
1869 Jan-1906 Jul
Letters and papers relating to past research on Chaucer, including a letter and newspaper article by Joseph Meadows Cowper claiming to have found the location for the area 'Up-and-down' as mentioned in Chaucer's Manciple's Prologue. 5 items
[ FURNIVALL: 5/1/6]
1869-1909
Letters to Furnivall from Carleton Fairchild Brown, Frances James Child, George Lyman Kittredge, John Koch and William Aldis Wright regarding editorial matters for Chaucer Society publications. 6 items
[ FURNIVALL: 5/1/7]
1891-[1898]
Postcard from Furnivall to Walter William Skeat, and letters from Rev Hugh Reginald Haweis and John L Loars, relating to Chaucer publications, including Haweis' request that Furnivall write a tribute commending the merits of his late wife the writer, illustrator and Chaucer translator Mary Eliza Haweis [née Joy]. 3 items
[ FURNIVALL: 5/2] Notes, proofs and publications relating to the Chaucer Society, 1869-1886
[ FURNIVALL: 5/2/1]
1869 Mar
'Chaucer Society First Report, Mar 1869,' written by Furnivall, detailing the successes in the first year of the society, the publications issued and list of current members.
[ FURNIVALL: 5/2/2]
1869 Aug 9-21
Incomplete proofs of Chaucer's Prologue and Miller's Tale, the Reeves Tale and The Spurious Tale of Gamelyn [published as The Miller's, Reeve's and Cook's Tales, with an Appendix of the Spurious Tale of Gamelyn, in 6 parallel texts. (Chaucer Society First Series XIV, 1870)]. Annotated with corrections by Furnivall.
[ FURNIVALL: 5/2/3]
1870-1880
Manuscript transcript and notes comparing William Caxton's and William Thynne's editions of Chaucer's Double Sorow of Troylus to Telle Kyng Pryamus Sone of Troye.
[ FURNIVALL: 5/2/4]
1871 Mar 10
Proofs of Nicholas Trivet's The Life of Constance (the source of Chaucer's Man of Law's Tale), translated by Edmund Brock (Chaucer Society, 1872), with corrections by Paul Meyer. In French and English.
[ FURNIVALL: 5/2/5]
1874
Paper by Furnivall 'Recent Work at Chaucer,' 1874, in which the history of the publication of Chaucer's works is outlined, particularly in relation to the efforts of the Chaucer Society.
[ FURNIVALL: 5/2/6]
1871-1873
Manuscript notebook comprising notes, references and loose notes by Furnivall describing the dates, location, titles and contents of manuscripts relating to Chaucer.
[ FURNIVALL: 5/2/7]
1886
Printed list of Chaucer publications issued by the Chaucer Society from 1868 to 1887.
[ FURNIVALL: 5/2/8]
[1869-1900]
Undated manuscript notes by Furnivall and George Parker relating to Chaucer, including list of contents of Bodley MS 638.
[ FURNIVALL: 5/3] Other material relating to Chaucer, [1889]-1909
[ FURNIVALL: 5/3/1]
[1889-1900]
Papers by Frank Jewett Mather 'On the asserted meeting of Chaucer and Petrarch' and 'An inedited document concerning Chaucer's first Italian journey.' 2 items
[ FURNIVALL: 5/3/2]
1909 Sep
Letter and postcard to Furnivall from John George Robertson
and G C Macauley regarding a paper by John Livingston Lowes
which Furnivall has recommended be published in the
Modern Language Review. 2 items
Furnivall founded the Ballad Society in 1868 after the successful
publication of Bishop Percy's Folio Manuscript
(London: N. Trübner & Co, 1867-1868) with the intention
of publishing ballads from the major collections in Britain
including the Pepys, Roxburgh and Bagford Collections.
The last Ballad Society publication was issued in 1899
[ FURNIVALL: 6/1]
Papers relating to the publication of
Bishop Percy's Folio Manuscript, 1867-1868
[ FURNIVALL: 6/1/1]
1867-1868
Letters and notes relating to subscribers wishing to purchase copies of Bishop Percy's Folio Manuscript. Edited by John Wesley Hales, Frederick James Furnivall, Francis James Child, William Chappell (London: N Tru¨bner & Co, 1867-68), from correspondents including: William Stott Banks; William Alexander Barrett; William Lewery Blackley; John Sherren Brewer; John Bruce; Arthur Chamberlain; William Chappell; Robert Davies; Edward Dowden; Alexander Dyce; Rev John Earle; James Orchard Halliwell Phillipps; Thomas Jones, librarian of Chetham's Library, Manchester; David Laing, librarian to the Society of Writers to Her Majesty's Signet; Thomas Latimer; Joseph Rawson Lumby; John Pentland Mahaffy; Richard Monckton Milnes, first Baron Houghton; Frederic Ouvry; Rev James Raine; Thomas Frederick Simmons; Edward John Stanley, second Baron Stanley of Alderley; Samuel Alfred Steinthal; William Tite; Robert Spence Watson; Thomas Watts, librarian at the British Museum; Henry Benjamin Wheatley;
Hensleigh Wedgwood; William Aldis Wright. 135 items
[ FURNIVALL: 6/1/2]
1868
Printed circular issued by Furnivall, requesting subscribers for Bishop Percy's Folio Manuscript to state whether they wish to receive the additional volume Loose & Humorous Songs as Furnivall has been threatened with legal action from another subscriber due to their supposed immoral nature.
[ FURNIVALL: 6/1/3]
[1867-1868]
Manuscript notes by Furnivall, recording the names and addresses of subscribers for the ten, five, two and one guinea copies of Bishop Percy's Folio Manuscript.
[ FURNIVALL: 6/1/4]
1868 Jan 7
Manuscript stock account of copies of Bishop Percy's Folio Manuscript held by Messrs Spottiswood & Company and Trubner & Company as estimated on 7 Jan 1868.
[ FURNIVALL: 6/1/5]
1867
Manuscript transcript of Ashmole MS 48 plus notes and incomplete proofs of ballads relating to Bishop Percy's Folio Manuscript. 6 items [note: proofs are oversize]
[ FURNIVALL: 6/2] Correspondence relating to ballads and the Ballad Society, 1868-1870
[ FURNIVALL: 6/2/1]
1868
Printed circular membership form for the Ballad Society, issued by Furnivall, explaining the previous problems encountered with the perceived moral content of Bishop Percy's Manuscript, and a resulting requirement that the subscriber will undertake not to indict Furnivall or his friends.
[ FURNIVALL: 6/2/2]
1868-1909
Letters and postcard to Furnivall from William Chappell, Alexander Dyce, John Roberts and Hermann Stuchier, regarding the location and subject of various ballads, particularly in relation to the Pepys and Roxburghe collections. 14 items
[ FURNIVALL: 6/2/3]
1871, 1890
Letter from Paul Meyer explaining his reluctance to transcribe a Guillaume de Deguileville manuscript for Furnivall and Henry Hucks Gibbs, 5 Sep 1890. Pasted into copy of Meyer's Les Derniers Troubadours de la Provence. Paris: Librairie A. Frank, 1871.
[ FURNIVALL: 6/3] Publications, printers proofs, transcripts and notes, 1875-[1900]
[ FURNIVALL: 6/3/1]
1875 Apr
Review of the Ballad Society and its aims, with facsimiles of two woodcuts from the Roxburgh Ballads, taken from Reliquary vol XV, April 1875.
[ FURNIVALL: 6/3/2]
[1869]-1880
Incomplete proofs of Roxburgh Ballads, edited by William Chappell (Hertford: Taylor & Co, 1869-1899) and Amanda Group of Bagford Poems, edited by Joseph Woodfall Ebsworth (Hertford: Stephen Austin and Sons, 1880).
[ FURNIVALL: 6/3/3]
[1869-1899]
Two incomplete letters to and from artist William Harcourt Hooper, and 13 proofs of wood engravings, possibly by Hooper, illustrating ballads including The Roxburghe Ballads, edited by William Chappell (Hertford: Printed for the Ballad society by Taylor & Co, 1869-1899). 15 items
[ FURNIVALL: 6/3/4]
[1835-1900]
'The Beachman's Tale,' printed ballad telling the story of Brock, a beachman from Great Yarmouth, who miraculously survived seven hours in the sea, 6 Oct 1835.
[ FURNIVALL: 6/3/5]
[1870-1900]
Manuscript notes and transcriptions of ballads, including 'The Procession to St Paul's' recounting Henry VI's 'Loveday', 25 Mar 1456. 10 items
[ FURNIVALL: 6/3/6]
1896 Aug 29
Article by Furnivall on the fifteenth century ballad
'Huff a Galawnt', MSS Rawlinson Poet 34, taken from
The Academy, 29 Aug 1896.
Aimed at publishing the works of the early English poets
John Lydgate and Thomas Hoccleve, the projected society
was never formed, due to insufficient interest from
potential subscribers
[ FURNIVALL: 7/1] Papers relating to the Lydgate and Occleve Society, 1872
[ FURNIVALL: 7/1/1]
1872 Feb-Apr
Correspondence and notes between Furnivall, Ernest Adams and Lucy Toulmin Smith, regarding the formation of a Lydgate and Occleve Society, notably an agreement from Smith to become the society's editor. 4 items
[ FURNIVALL: 7/1/2]
1872 Apr-Jun
Correspondence from or to John Leigh, mainly in relation to obtaining subscribers for the Lydgate and Occleve Society. 7 items
[ FURNIVALL: 7/1/3]
1872 Mar-Dec
Letters and postcards to Furnivall and J P Wimperis, honorary secretary of the proposed Lydgate and Occleve Society, from subscribers wishing to become members, notably including: Rev Henry Octavius Coxe; William Cavendish, seventh duke of Devonshire; Andrea Crestadoro, Chief Librarian of the Manchester Free Library; Edward Dowden; Joseph Knight; Henry Sweet; Joseph Payne; Robert White; Robert Spence Watson; Adolphus William Ward; Joseph Whitaker; Robert White. 25 items
[ FURNIVALL: 7/1/4 ]
[1872]
Manuscript note by Furnivall listing the names and addresses of the first set of potential subscribers to the proposed Lydgate and Occleve Society.
[ FURNIVALL: 7/2] Notes and transcriptions relating to Thomas Hoccleve and John Lydgate, [1872]
[ FURNIVALL: 7/2/1]
[1872]
Manuscript notes by Furnivall listing the title and location of the works of the poet Thomas Hoccleve, in manuscript sources held by the Bodleian, British Museum and other academic libraries. Reverse of one page is a description and transcription by unknown hand of Thomas Hoccleve's Governance of Princes from MS Rawl Poet 10, Bodleian Library.
[ FURNIVALL: 7/2/2]
[1872]
Manuscript notes by Furnivall listing the titles of works
by the poet John Lydgate and the philosopher and
theologian John Wyclif held in Lambeth Palace Library.
[FURNIVALL: 8]
Papers relating to the
New Shakspere Society and Elizabethan literature, 1873-1909
Founded by Furnivall in 1873, the aims of the
New Shakspere Society were to establish the chronology
of William Shakespeare's plays, to promote the study
of Shakespeare and to publish texts which illustrated
his work and era.
The Society was disbanded in 1892 after a sharp drop
in membership due to an acrimonious and public dispute
between Furnivall, Algernon Swinburne and James Orchard
Halliwell Phillips
[ FURNIVALL: 8/1]
Correspondence relating to Shakespeare and the New Shakspere Society, 1873-1909
[ FURNIVALL: 8/1/1]
1873-1896
Correspondence with Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone, regarding the possible chairmanship of the New Shakspere Society and the exchange of gifts of books. 3 items
[ FURNIVALL: 8/1/2]
1874, 1895
Letter and postcard to Furnivall from Arthur Francis Leach and Clement Mansfield Ingleby regarding a forged picture of Shakespeare and accusations of plagiarism against John Payne Collier. 2 items
[ FURNIVALL: 8/1/3]
1876-1898
Letters to Furnivall from correspondents including Sidney Herbert, fourteenth Earl of Pembroke and eleventh Earl of Montgomery, George H Smith, secretary to the Duke of Bedford [Francis Charles Hastings Russell, ninth duke of Bedford] and Thomas Tyke, regarding the historical research of Shakespeare, in particular possible connections with Mary Fitton, Francis Beaumont and William Herbert, third Earl of Pembroke. 4 items
[ FURNIVALL: 8/1/4]
1877-1891
Letters and postcard to Furnivall from St Clair Welbore Baddley, Peter Augustin Daniel, Francis Albert Marshall and Brinsley Nicholson, mainly concerning literary criticism of Shakespeare's plays including Macbeth, the Merry Wives of Windsor, Measure for Measure, Julius Caesar, Troilus and Cressida and Henry VI. 12 items
[ FURNIVALL: 8/1/5]
1877-1909
Letters to Furnivall from Horace Howard Furness, Mrs Leo Grindon, Morton Luce, William James Rolfe, Mary Augusta Scott, and Charlotte Carmichael Stopes relating to their publications and writings on Shakespearean literature. Includes note to Furnivall from H Gaze & Sons, Tourist and Excursion Directors, returning money from a trip made by William James Rolfe. 7 items
[ FURNIVALL: 8/1/6]
1879-1895
Letters and memoranda to Furnivall from Duncan Campbell Dallas, Edward Dowden, James A Manson and Charles Praetorius, regarding the production of the publications issued by the New Shakspere Society. 4 items
[ FURNIVALL: 8/1/7]
1884-1887
Letters and papers to Furnivall from Percy Zillwood Round regarding corrections to the text of publications issued by the Shakspere Society principally Some 300 Fresh Allusions to Shakspere from 1594 to 1694 AD (London: Trubner & Co, 1886). Includes letter from Peter Augustin Daniel praising Round's editorial skills. 3 items plus enclosures
[ FURNIVALL: 8/1/8]
1889-1891
Letters to Furnivall from Anne Emily Newdigate Newdegate, wife of Lt Gen Edward Newdigate Newdegate, Governor of Bermuda, regarding the theory that Mary Fitton, maid of honour to Queen Elizabeth I and ancestor of Newdegate was Shakespeare's 'Dark Lady'. 9 items
[ FURNIVALL: 8/2] Papers and proceedings of the New Shakspere Society, 1874-1886
[ FURNIVALL: 8/2/1]
1874
Paper by Furnivall 'Mr Halliwell's hint on the date of Coriolanus, and possibly other Roman plays,' read before the New Shakspere Society, 26 Jun 1874.
[ FURNIVALL: 8/2/2]
1874
Succession of Shakspere's works and the use of metrical tests in settling it, &c, by Furnivall (London: Smith, Elder & Co, 1874). Annotated by Furnivall with corrections and additions to the text.
[ FURNIVALL: 8/2/3]
1874
Published papers relating to Rev Frederick Gard Fleay, notably Fleay's metrical methods in determining the chronology of Shakespeare's plays. Includes papers 'On the Authorship of Timon of Athens' and 'On the Authorship of the Taming of the Shrew'.
[ FURNIVALL: 8/2/4]
1878-1879
Papers by Furnivall 'On Puck's "Swifter than the moon's sphere" and Shakspere's Astronomy' and 'On Chester's Love's Martyr: Essex is not the turtle-dove of Shakspere's Phoenix and Turtle', read before the New Shakspere Society, 14 Nov 1879.
[ FURNIVALL: 8/2/5]
1885
Paper by Robert Boyle 'Henry VIII. An investigation into the origin and authorship of the play,' read before the New Shakspere Society, 16 Jan 1885.
[ FURNIVALL: 8/2/6]
1885
Proof of paper by James Greenstreet 'Documents relating to the players at the Red Bull, Clerkenwell, and the Cockpit in Drury Lane, in the time of James I,' read before the New Shakspere Society, 10 Apr 1885.
[ FURNIVALL: 8/2/7]
1886
'New Shakespere Society Monthly Abstract of Proceedings,' Feb-Jun 1886.
[ FURNIVALL: 8/3] Publications issued by the New Shakspere Society and others, 1864-[1892]
[ FURNIVALL: 8/3/1]
1874-1886
Incomplete proofs of publications issued by the New Shakspere Society, including: The Life of King Henry the Eight; 'Chronological list of the Allusions to Shakspere 1592-1692' [published in Some 300 Fresh Allusions to Shakspere from 1594 to 1694 AD edited by Furnivall (London: Trubner & Co, 1886).]; Henrie the Fourth (Part one); maps of Bankside, Southwark 1746-1751, from Furnivall's [Harrison's] Description of in Shakspere's youth: being the second and third books of his Description of Britaine and England (London: Published for the New Shakspere Society by Trubner, 1877-78). Also brief manuscript note by Furnivall listing text extracts and possible illustrations for inclusion in the latter volume. 8 items
[ FURNIVALL: 8/3/2]
1864
Shakespeare's Pericles Prince of Tyre (London: L Booth, 1864), facsimile reprint of 1664 edition. [note: extremely brittle]
[ FURNIVALL: 8/3/3]
1877-1879
Incomplete proof of Phillip Stubbes's Anatomy of the Abuses in England in Shakspere's Youth, AD1583. Part I edited by Furnivall (London: N Trübner & Co, 1877-1879). Includes 3 artists proofs of wood engravings probably by William Hooper.
[ FURNIVALL: 8/3/4]
1885
Photolithographic facsimile of 1608 edition Shakespeare's King Lear (London: Charles Praetorius, 1885)
[ FURNIVALL: 8/3/5]
1886
Photolithographic facsimiles of 1608 edition of Shakespeare's The Chronicle history of Henry the fift, with his battell fought at Agin Court in France. (London: Charles Praetorius, 1886). 2 items
[ FURNIVALL: 8/3/6]
1886
Incomplete photolithographic facsimile of Shakespeare's The Third Part of Henry the Sixt (London: Charles Praetorius, 1886).
[ FURNIVALL: 8/3/7]
[1874-1892]
Incomplete pages from unidentified publications, including facsimile title pages of 1595 edition of Shakespeare's The True Tragedie of Richarde Duke of Yorke, and the death of good King Henrie the Sixt. 3 items
[ FURNIVALL: 8/4] Papers relating to Algernon Swinburne, 1876-1881
[ FURNIVALL: 8/4/1]
1876 Jan 3
Article by Furnivall 'Mr Swinburne and Mr Spedding: Shakspere's "Henry VIII"', from the Academy, 8 Jan 1876, defending the attribution of most of Henry VIII to John Fletcher, against Algernon Swinburne's criticisms.
[ FURNIVALL: 8/4/2]
1876 Jan 16
Article by Furnivall 'Mr Swinburne and Mr Spedding- Shakspere's Henry VIII', from the Academy, 29 Jan 1876, expanding his argument attributing most of Henry VIII to John Fletcher, against Algernon Swinburne's criticisms, 4pp
[ FURNIVALL: 8/4/3]
1881 Feb 8
Second issue of the article 'The "Co" of Pigsbrook & Co' by Furnivall, explaining the reasons behind his acrimonious dispute with Algernon Swinburne and James Orchard Halliwell Phillipps. 8pp
[ FURNIVALL: 8/4/4]
1881 Apr 25
Circular letter 'To the Trinity and other withdrawers from the New Shakspere Society,' issued by Furnivall in response to his acrimonious dispute with Algernon Swinburne.
[ FURNIVALL: 8/5] Notes and correspondence relating to Elizabethan literature and Shakespeare, 1874-1876
[ FURNIVALL: 8/5/1]
1874
Manuscript notebook containing notes, newspaper cuttings and letters from Peter Augustin Daniel, W W Woolcombe and John William Gibbs, relating to the chronology of Shakespeare's works. Includes notes taken by Furnivall of a lecture on Shakespeare given by Professor John Wesley Hales at the Working Men's College, 16 January 1874. [see 3/2/6]
[ FURNIVALL: 8/5/2]
1874 -1875
Manuscript notebook containing notes mainly by Furnivall on Elizabethan literature, including some for a lecture series given by Furnivall on 'Elizabethan literature to the death of James I, (AD1625)' at Bedford College, London, February-April 1875.
[ FURNIVALL: 8/5/3]
1874 -1876, 1885
Manuscript notebook containing lecture notes and newspaper cuttings, including notes taken by Furnivall of George MacDonald's six lectures on Shakespeare, 19 May to 14 June 1874, and Professor John Wesley Hales' lecture on Shakespeare's King Lear given by at the Working Men's College, 18 March 1876. Also, George MacDonald's The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark. (London: Longman's, Green and Co, 1885).
[ FURNIVALL: 8/5/4]
1874-1876
Manuscript notebook containing notes and newspaper cuttings, mainly concerning the chronology of Chaucer and Shakespeare, including: newspaper cuttings describing the lectures on Chaucer and Shakespeare given by Furnivall at Trinity College, Dublin, 1-8 May 1875; notes and printed syllabus of a course of two lectures on Chaucer delivered by Furnivall at the Royal Institution of Great Britain, Piccadilly, 13-20 May, 1876.
[ FURNIVALL: 8/5/5]
1875
Manuscript notebook containing notes and cuttings relating to Shakespeare's plays Henry V & VI, Edward III, Hamlet and A Winter's Tale, including notes by Furnivall of Professor William Spalding's lecture on 'Edward III' published in the Edinburgh Review, July 1840.
[ FURNIVALL: 8/5/6]
1875-1876
Letts Diary containing notes by unknown hand and Furnivall on the literary criticism of Shakespeare's Macbeth by J. Peirce [sic], Bedford College, London and the poem Venus and Adonis by Richard Simpson.
[ FURNIVALL: 8/5/7]
[1874-1886]
Brief manuscript notes by Furnivall and others concerning Shakespeare plays and Elizabethan subjects, including an undated letter to Furnivall from M A Galloway regarding a set of regular lectures on an unnamed subject. Annotated by Furnivall on reverse, listing eight Shakespeare plays arranged into four possible lecture themes. 4 items
[ FURNIVALL: 8/6] Other material relating to Shakespeare, 1881-[1904]
[ FURNIVALL: 8/6/1]
1881-1909
Cuttings relating to Shakespearean subjects and the publications of the New Shakspere Society. 10 items
[ FURNIVALL: 8/6/2]
[1886-1900]
List of bookseller's catalogues making reference to contemporary sales of Shakespeare's works between 1660-1691.
[ FURNIVALL: 8/6/3]
1900 Jan-Feb
Testimonials praising Furnivall on the occasion of his 75th birthday, Jan 1900, with honorary doctorate issued by the German Shakespeare Society awarding Furnivall an honorary doctorate from Berlin University, 4 Feb 1900. 3 items, in German. [Note: oversize]
[ FURNIVALL: 8/6/4]
[1904]
Examination paper based on Shakespeare's The Tempest
from unnamed college.
Formed in 1881 by Furnivall and Emily Hickey (with the reluctant
consent of the poet), the aim of the Browning Society was to
promote the works of Robert Browning through publications and
staging performances of his plays.
Membership fell sharply after the poet's death in 1889 and
the Society formally ceased to operate in 1891.
However it still met informally in member's houses at least until 1893
[ FURNIVALL: 9/1] General correspondence relating to Robert Browning and the Browning Society, 1874-1908
[ FURNIVALL: 9/1/1]
1874, 1888
Letters to Furnivall from Robert Browning, inviting Furnivall to lunch and describing the poet's recent trip to Venice. 2 items
[ FURNIVALL: 9/1/2]
1885-1888
Letters to Furnivall and James Dykes Campbell, Honorary Secretary of the Browning Society, from Alma Forman [the actress Alma Murray] concerning the one-off theatre productions of Robert Browning's 'Colombe's Birthday' [19 Nov 1885] and 'A Blot in the 'Scutcheon' [15 Mar 1888], organised by the Browning Society. 6 items
[ FURNIVALL: 9/1/3]
1882-1903
Letters and postcard to Furnivall from Dr Edward Berdoe, James Dykes Campbell, John Churton Collins, Edward Dowden, Peter Taylor Forsyth, Karl Luick, Bruno Paulin Gaston Paris, Benjamin Sagar and John Westland Marston relating to the literary criticism of the poet Robert Browning's work, notably the poems 'O Lyric Love' and 'Pippa Passes.' 7 items
[ FURNIVALL: 9/1/4]
1885-1894
Letters and memoranda to Furnivall and James Dykes Campbell, Honorary Secretary of the Browning Society, from Richard Clay and Sons Ltd, printers, Alfred Forman, Walter Brindley Slater, Arthur William Symons and Thomas James Wise, regarding the production and distribution of Browning Society publications. 6 items
[ FURNIVALL: 9/1/5]
1887, 1888
Letters between Furnivall, Walter Brindley Slater and William Rossetti concerning the chairmanship of the Browning Society. 2 items
[ FURNIVALL: 9/1/6]
[1881-1892]
Letters to Furnivall from Matthew Arnold and the actress Madge Kendal refusing offers to lecture or perform for the Browning Society. 2 items
[ FURNIVALL: 9/1/7]
1886-1908
Letters and postcard to Furnivall from Mary E Burt, Annie E Elborough, Frederic William Farrar, Dean of Westminster Abbey, Arthur Hughes and William Blake Odgers on subjects including the ticketing arrangements for Browning's funeral at Westminster Abbey and the closure of the Browning Societies in Liverpool and Manchester. 5 items
[ FURNIVALL: 9/2] Papers relating to the Outram v Furnivall Lawsuit, 1886-1967
Leonard Outram had agreed to star and direct the stage production of Browning's 'Strafford', [performed Dec 1886] but enraged Furnivall by sending out a circular, seemingly using Furnivall's name, requesting contributions from Browning Society members. Furnivall publicly accused Outram, both in the press and in letters to friends, of misrepresenting himself for financial gain. Outram sued for libel, 2 Feb 1888, where he was awarded £100 damages and his legal costs
[ FURNIVALL: 9/2/1]
1886 Oct
Postcards to Furnivall and Walter Brindley Slater from Leonard Outram, actor, regarding the arrangements for the Browning Society's forthcoming production of Robert Browning's Strafford. 4 items
[ FURNIVALL: 9/2/2]
1886-1888
Circular letters from Furnivall and Walter Brindley Slater relating to Leonard Outram, including a printed circular issued by Furnivall, Oct 23 1886, in which the actor was accused of misrepresentation for personal financial gain. 3 items
[ FURNIVALL: 9/2/3]
1886-1888
Letter to Furnivall from G Gardner Leader, solicitor to Leonard Outram, warning of court proceedings; postcard from Furnivall to Walter Brindley Slater, Honorary Secretary and Treasurer to the Browning Society, giving details of the forthcoming libel case. 2 items
[ FURNIVALL: 9/2/4]
1888 Feb 3
Letters mainly to Furnivall from Peter Augustus Daniel, Edward Carter Kersey Gonner, Paul Quick Karkeek, William Poel, Robert Alfred Potts and William Michael Rossetti, sympathising with Furnivall after the loss of his lawsuit against Leonard Outram. 6 items
[ FURNIVALL: 9/2/5]
1888 Feb 3-8
Correspondence between Furnivall, James Dykes Campbell and Walter Brindley Slater relating to the organisation of a circular to raise funds for Furnivall's legal costs incurred by the loss of his lawsuit against Leonard Outram. 5 items
[ FURNIVALL: 9/2/6]
1888 Feb
Letters and postcards mainly to Walter Brindley Slater, Honorary Secretary and Treasurer to the Browning Society, relating to the subscriptions to cover Furnivall's legal costs, incurred as the result of the loss of the lawsuit against Leonard Outram. Subscribers include Furnivall's sister Mary Davenport, Frederick Startridge Ellis, Alma Foreman [the actress Alma Murray], Samuel Rawson Gardiner, (Marion) Edith Holman Hunt on behalf of her husband, the painter William Holman Hunt and Henry Sweet. 23 items
[ FURNIVALL: 9/2/7]
1888 Feb
Manuscript accounts note by Furnivall recording the names of major subscribers and the amounts pledged to be used to pay back loans from Frederick Startridge Ellis, Furnivall's sister Mary Davenport and his bank, incurred as a result of the loss of his lawsuit against Leonard Outram.
[ FURNIVALL: 9/2/8]
1967 Feb
Issue of the Bulletin of the New York Public Library, Feb 1967, containing the article 'Outram vs Furnivall: Dissension within the Browning Society' by William S Peterson, recounting the context and outcome of the lawsuit.
[ FURNIVALL: 9/3] Minutes, proceedings and papers published by the Browning Society, 1884-1892
[ FURNIVALL: 9/3/1]
1884
Paper by Furnivall, 'How the Browning Society came into being, with some words on the characteristics of Browning's early and late work', reprinted, 1884, from the Browning Society's 'Abstract of Furnivall's Speeches at the Inaugural Meeting of the Society, 28 Oct 1881.' 5 copies
[ FURNIVALL: 9/3/2]
1885 June
Paper by B L Mosely, 'Miss Alma Murray's Constance in Robert Browning's "In a Balcony"' read before the Browning Society, 27 Feb 1885. Originally published in The Theatre, May 1885.
[ FURNIVALL: 9/3/3]
1886/87
Paper by Dr John Todhunter, 'Strafford at the Strand Theatre' read before the Browning Society, 28 January 1887, favourably reviewing the Browning Society's production of Robert Browning's play, Strand Theatre, London, 21 Dec 1886. Also reviews printed in the Daily News, heavily criticising the production. 3 items
[ FURNIVALL: 9/3/4]
1887
Paper by Furnivall, 'A Grammatical analysis of "O Lyric Love"' read before the Browning Society, 25 Feb 1887. 2 copies
[ FURNIVALL: 9/3/5]
1888
'Monthly Abstract of Proceedings of the Browning Society, seventh session, 1887-1888.' Includes minutes of the seventh meeting, 25 May 1888.
[ FURNIVALL: 9/3/6]
1889
Essay by Prof William John Alexander, 'An analysis of Sordello' taken from his Introduction to the Poetry of Robert Browning (Boston: Ginn & Co, 1889).
[ FURNIVALL: 9/3/7]
1890
List of Browning Society publications, 1881-1886, and index to papers presented to the society, 1889-1890.
[ FURNIVALL: 9/3/8]
1890
'Monthly Abstract of Proceedings of the Browning Society, ninth session, 1889-90.' Including minutes of the seventy-second meeting, 28 Feb 1890 and minutes of the seventy-third meeting, 28 Mar 1890.
[ FURNIVALL: 9/3/9]
1892 Jan 30
Galley proofs of 'Browning 'Notes and Queries', detailing recent news on Robert Browning and his works, for publication in 'Proceedings of the Browning Society.' 4 items
[ FURNIVALL: 9/4] Programmes and brochures for performances organised by the Browning Society, 1884-1890
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