HEMANS: The Literary Manuscripts of Felicia Hemans (1793-1835)

REEL ONE

The Poetical Works of Felicia Hemans.
Introduction by William Michael Rossetti
(London & Melbourne: Ward, Lock & Co.)

REEL TWO

Liverpool City Library

1. Hemans portrait and letter (St Asaph, 5 Jan 1828) (poor condition)
2. Fragment of letter by Hemans to Henry Chorley:
“And there is a Spirit Harper who lives far down in the Lake….” n.d.

3. Common Place Book of Mrs. Hemans and related items (Acc. 2566) (poor condition)
Common Place Book of Mrs. Hemans, n.d.
Inscribed “Given to M.L Bosomworth by a friend of Mrs. Hemans. June 1851”
Followed by a typescript transcription and note on provenance.
Ms Poem: The Charmed Picture, May 1829.

4. Ms Poems (Acc. 1796)
/1. Kean’s Good-night to a Liverpool audience, 1820
/2. The Ruined House, n.d

5. Ms Poems (Acc. 2606)
/8. A Remembrance of Grasmere, n.d [? 1834]
/5. Fourteen lines of Sensibility, 18 Sept. 1834
/4. The Wishing Gate, 3 Aug. 1833 (poor condition)
/6. O Fons Bandusia, n.d.
/3. A Thought of the Future, Nov. 1829
/2. The Angels’ Greeting, Nov. 1827
/1. The Army, 9 Mar. 1816
/7. Reform – a Poem, n.d.
(The poem numbers 1-8 refer to the original Liverpool City Library catalogue order.)

6. Other Mss of Felicia Hemans (Acc. 2606)
/1. Copy of Yarrow Revisited by Wordsworth, n.d.
/2. Directions for a visit to places in the Lake District, n.d.
/3. Prayer – taken from the Psalms, n.d.
/4. Ms entitled Scene – My drawing room – enter Dr. H. G[ray] in great haste, n.d.
/5. Unidentified Ms, n.d.

7. Other Mss (Acc. 2606)
/1. Der letzte Wunsch nach Mrs. Hemans, n.d.
/2. 8 lines omitted in Blackwood at the end of Mrs. Hemans’ Poem of the Swan and the Skylark.
/3. Arva Beata (a Latin rendering of Mrs. Hemans’ The Better Land in the [unidentified] translators writing), n.d
/4. Ms transcription of the tablet erected in St. Asaph’s Cathedral in memory of Felicia Hemans. Also sketch and description of the location of the tablet.

8. Printed Items (Acc. 2606)
/1. W E Channing, Remarks on the Character of Napoleon Bonaparte occasioned by the publication of Scott’s Life of Napoleon (1827).
/2. W E Channing, Remarks on the Character and Writings of John Milton (1828).
/3. W E Channing, A Discourse delivered at the ordination of the Rev Frank Farley (1829).
/4. [Andrews Norton] Review of Mrs. Hemans’ Forest Sanctuary, reprinted from the Christian Examiner, [1828]
/5. pp. 7-18 of an [unidentified review of Mrs. Hemans’ poetry], n.d.
/6. Pamphlet inviting subscriptions for the erection of a memorial window to Felicia Hemans in St. Anne’s Church, Dublin, n.d.
/7-8 Inscription composed by Mrs. Hemans for the Monument of John James and George Wedderburn, n.d.
/9. Review of Hymns for Childhood
/10. [Anne R.] Lines on the Death of Mrs. Hemans. Unidentified newscutting, 27 June [1835].

9. Autograph Letters (Acc. 2645)
/1. Felicia Hemans (henceforth FH) to (John Murray), Bronwylfa.
7 Dec. 1821 – regarding the acquisition of books.
/2. FH to Joanna Baillie, Rhyllon, St. Asaph, 3 May 1826

10. Autograph Letter
/1. FH to Dr Gay, Bronwylfa, 26 Feb, n.d.

11. Ms Poem (Acc. 2741)
/1. The Hour of Prayer, n.d [watermark 1824]

12. Autograph Letter (Acc. 2743)
/1. FH to Mary Mitford, St. Asaph, 10 Nov, 1828
/1A. Typescript description of above made by the vendor.

13. Autograph Letter (Acc. 2784)
/1. To an autograph seeker, 25 June, n.d

14. Autograph Letters (Acc. 731)
/1. FH to Mrs Fletcher (Maria Jewsbury)
“My dear Madam…”
/2. FH to Henry Chorley, Sep 1829
“Instead of requiring you to be made of apologies…”

15. Autograph Letters and Poems (Acc. 852)
/1. FH to (Henry Chorley), Dublin, May 1834.
“My dear Henry, I have indeed many kindly marks…”
/2. Letter from Felicia Hemans
“I fear you were very unwell the other evening…”
/3. Poem by Felicia Hemans: “Songs of the Affections” (2pp)
/4. Ms by Felicia Hemans: “The Cross of the South”

16. Ms Poems.
/1. Poem: “The Memory of the Dead”- preceded by booksellers description.
/2. Poem: “The Boon of Memory”

17. The Browne, Hemans and Nicholson correspondence.
This comprises 138 documents bound in one volume and two loose items.
It is prefixed by a full catalogue description of the contents.
Items 1-14, 20-22 are poems by FH’s sister, Harriett Mary Browne;
Item 15 is the Preface to Felicia Browne’s first volume of verse;
Items 16-138 (with gaps) are letters between Mrs Felicity Browne (d1827), Felicia Dorothea Browne (later Hemans) (1793-1835), Harriett Mary Browne (1798-) and Matthew Nicholson (1746-1819).
The collection of letters is also interspersed with many original poems by Felicia Browne (FH) including:
/23. The Power of Expression.
/24. To Miss Anne Wagner.
/42. Lines Sacred to the Memory of Miss Egton.
/55. The Call of Liberty.
/59. The Silver Locks.
/62. The Angel of the Sun.
/64. The Wreath of Loyalty.
/71. The Statue of the Dying Gladiator.
/80. Address to My Eldest Brother with the British Army in Portugal.
/98. Conway Castle by Moonlight.
/100. To Mr Edwards of Conway after hearing him perform on the Welsh Harp.
/105. The Mountain Walk – a scene near Conway.
/106. To the Memory of Gen. Crawford who was killed at the Siege of Cuidad Rodrigo.
/111. Ruins of Denbigh Castle.
/113. Address to Lord Wellington.
/130. The Chamois Hunter’s Love.

Items 139 and 140 are printed items:
/139. Francis Nicholson. Correspondence between Mrs Hemans and Matthew Nicholson (1910).
/140. Harriett Mary Browne. The Infantile Pleasures of Willow-Dale by HMB (aged Eight Years). (1808).

REEL THREE

Trinity College, Dublin

Poems / by Felicia Hemans. –[18--]. –Mostly copies, 1 original
Owned. MS3750. –[Jun 1992]
This consists of extracts from a volume of miscellaneous poems including:
f57 The Death Song of Alcestis
f58 Rekla’s Song

Commonplace book / kept by Felicia Hemans. –[18--]
Owned. –Includes prose and poetry by Hemans. MS4570. –[Jan 1991]
This consists of extracts from a volume of miscellaneous poems including:
f13-16 The Hour of Death
f34-35 Hymn of the Mountain Christian

Song of a guardian spirit: [poem] / by Felicia Hemans. –[18--]
With a poem by Wordsworth. Owned. MS5020. –[Aug 1991]

3 letters from Felicia Hemans, 2 to Professor Hamilton and 1 to Mrs Hamilton.
--1833-1834
Owned. MSS5123-5133, 7762-72/366, 388, 400, 2214, 2215 –[Aug 1991]

Poems / by Felicia Hemans. –[18--]
Owned. – MSS5123-5133/2214-2215. –[Aug 1991]
Contents:
/1. Mary [Magdalen] at the feet of Christ
/2. Mary Magdalen at the Sepulchre
/3. Come to me gentle sleep

Correspondence between Felicia Hemans and Clarissa Graves von Ranke. –[18--]
Owned. MS10047. –[Jan 1991]

Letters from Amy and Sister England [i.e Felicia Hemans] to Clarissa Graves.
--[1827-1834 & undated]. –About 12 items
Autograph. –Owned. MS10047/32. –[Dec 1992]

Poems / by Felicia Hemans. –[18--]
Owned. – MS10047/39/34-35
Contents:
/34. The Death Song of Alcestis
/35. Sabbath Sonnet
Also, letter FH to Graves, 27 Apr 1835.

Family letters of Clarissa Graves von Ranke. –[18--]
Owned. MS10047/59/1-15. –[Jan 1991]

Letters to FH from Coleraine. –[18--]
Owned. –MS10047/104/27

National Library of Wales

Letter from Felicia Hemans. –[18--]
Owned
In NLW MS.16726A

Poem / by Felicia Hemans. The Harp of Wales –[18--] –Copies
Owned. In NLW MS.1815C

The silver locks to Mrs Foulkes, Eriviatt; and Our Lady’s well: [poems] / by Felicia Hemans. –[1809 & undated]
Autograph. –Owned
NLW MS.9135C

2 letters from Felicia Hemans, 1 to J.C Graves and 1 to Lady John Campbell. –[1821? & undated]
Autograph. –Owned. With autograph poems by Hemans: Hymn on the resurrection – To the memory of Bishop Heber – “In the green trees, and kindling on all sides”
In NLW MS.10707C

“Inscription for the Monument of John James Wedderburn: [poem]/ by Felicia Hemans.
--[18--]
Owned
In NLW MS.10931C

8 letters from Felicia Hemans. –[1811-1830 & undated]
Autograph. –Owned. –Recipients include: M. Nicolson –H[enry Hart] Milman –Miss Jacobs – Lord Jeffrey – Miss Alison. – With Poems by Hemans, including ‘Imelda’, ‘the messenger bird’, ‘Gertrude’ and ‘the tombs of Plataea’, and translations into English of 3 Italian sonnets with copies of the originals. –With portraits of Hemans and other related papers.
NLW MS.10959E

Letter from Felicia Hemans to Samuel Parkes. –[18--]
Autograph. Owned. With printed and MS copies of poems by Hemans entitled ‘The child’s first grief’, ‘Child of Earth’, ‘The Better Land’ and ‘To the cliffs of Dover’
NLW MS.11066C

5 letters from Felicia Hemans. –[1832? & undated]
Autograph. –Owned. –Recipients include: Mrs John Wordsworth –Mrs Watts – John Lodge. –With, on 1 of the letters, the poem “Brother! Were we there with thee”. –With “The rising of the dead”, poem by Hemans
NLW MS.17232C

‘For love bids it welcome’: [poem] / by F[elicia] H[emans]. –[18--]
Autograph. –Owned
In NLW MS.1201D [Apr 1992]

Poems / by Felicia Hemans. –[1825 & undated]
Owned. –Includes: To Bernard Barton’s daughter – To Rydal Mount – To a Departed Spirit.
In NLW MS.16799D

Letter from Felicia Hemans to Captain Hemans. –[18--]
Owned
In NLW MS.16098E

Poems / by Felicia Hemans. –[18--]
Owned. –Contents: The Rock of Cader Idris – Lotus dying – Sketch: The painter
In NLW MS.20577E

Letter from Felicia Hemans to W[illiam] Wordsworth. –1834
Owned.
In NLW MS.21557D

The Vespers of Palermo: [fragment of a poem] / by Felicia Hemans. –[18--]
and Tell Me No More (a fragment) Autograph. –Owned
NLW MS.21820E

Letter from Felicia Hemans to [Harriett] Brown. –1816
On deposit. –Includes verses by Hemans. –Letter mutilated: signature cut off. –With copies of poems by Hemans
J.R.Hughes MSS and Papers I, no.110

REEL FOUR

Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas, Austin

i) Untitled poem - My fatherland! My fatherland! In Thackeray/Misc.
ii) O'Connell, Daniel Autograph fragment 20 Oct 1828

iii) Letters to FH

Heber, Reginald 12 May ----
Hall, Basil 3 Aug 1829
Channing, W E 23 Feb 1827
Campbell, Thomas 3 Nov 1826
Baillie, J letters, n.d.

iv) Greek funeral chant. Autograph manuscript (1 leaf) nd.
v) [Poems.] Autograph mamuscript written in small notebook [8pp], nd.
vi) The graves of martyrs. Autograph Ms. Bound with (vii).

Bedfordshire and Luton Archives

Letter from Felicia Hemans. – Rhyllon, 25 June 1826
On deposit. --Recipient ("My dear Sir")
Unidentified. In HW94. --[Oct 1990]

Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge

Letter from Felicia Hemans [to John Murray]. --1818
Autograph. --Owned
Access: by appointment. --[Dec 1990]

Trinity College, Cambridge

Letter from Felicia Hemans to Mrs Graves. –[18--]
Autograph. –Owned
Library: Cullum N47(1)

Derbyshire Record Office

The two voices: [poem] / by Felicia Hemans. –[18--]
On deposit. –With, on the second folio, a note from Hemans. –With copies of other poems by Hemans
In D23872/Z1

Representative Church Body, Dublin

Letter [fragmentary] from Felicia Hemans. --1834
Owned
Library. MS.94/46. -[Jun 1992]

University of Liverpool Library

The farewell: [poem]/ by Felicia Dorothea Browne [later Hemans]. –[ca. 1806]. –Copy, in a printed volume of Heman’s poems, (1808). 2pp.
Owned. In G.36.21

Gertrude: [poem and preface to poem]/ by Felicia Hemans. –[ca.1825-1827]
Autograph. –Owned. –With a letter from Hemans to Alaric A. Watts, to accompany ‘Gertrude.’ 5pp.
MS.26.4(6)

The return: [poem]/ by Felicia Hemans. –[183-?]
Autograph. 2pp –Owned. MS.3.1(83)

To the Hebe of Canova: sonnet from the Italian of [Ippolito] Pindemonte/ translated by Felicia Hemans. –[ca. 1830]. 1p.
Owned. –With an address on the back to “[?] Parker Esqre”
MS.3.1(84)

2 letters from Felicia Hemans to Joseph Blanco White. –[1827-1829]
Autograph. –Owned.
Rathbone papers V.4.18 & XXI.11.11(1)
/1. FH to J Blanco White, Rhyllon, St Asaph, 1 Feb 1827 – 4pp.
/2. FH to J Blanco White, Liverpool, 10 May 1829 – 4pp.

Letter from Felicia Hemans to Lady Wedderburn. –[1831]
Autograph. –Owned. MS.3.1(82). Together with supporting material describing the letter and its recipient. 8pp.

Letter from Joseph Blanco White to Felicia Hemans. – 30 July 1834. 1p.
Owned. Blanco White I.279

London Metropolitan Archive

The willow song; [poem] / by Felicia Hemans. –[18-]
Autograph. –On deposit. Acc.1128/187/7.

Letter from FH to Mrs Robert Arkwright, Wavertree, near Liverpool, 18 Mar [1831]
Autograph. –On deposit. Acc. 1128/187/19.

Society of Antiquaries Library

Poem: [fragmentary] / by Felicia Hemans. –[18--]
Autograph. –Owned. –With an engraved portrait of Hemans
Cely-Trevilian Bequest (MS444) XI, 99-100

Wellcome Institute

Letter from Felicia Hemans to Joanna Baillie. –1828
Owned
Western Manuscripts. MS.5615/109

Nottinghamshire Archives

Letter from Felicia Hemans. –[182- or 183-]
Autograph. –On deposit
DD.1251/20/169.

British Library

Add Ms 36747
Hemans (Felicia Dorothea). The Spirit's Mysteries : a poem 19th cent.
Add. 36747 f. 57 within a volume of historical and literary miscellanea.
The whole volume has been included and the abbreviated contents of this are as follows:

MISCELLANEOUS autograph letters, etc.
A. 1. Expenses " in reparacione et emendacione domorum domini Regis de Hauering " [atte Bower, co. Essex], 18 Edw. 1. [ 1289-90]. Vellum. 1 ft. 6 in. x 6 1/2 in. f. 1.
2. Accompt by Edmund Meyrick, of Jesus College, Oxford, of the expenses of his cousin Henry Roberts, of Jesus College, Jan 17 29/30 June, 1732 ; sent with a letter (f. 9) to his uncle [Roberts father]. f. 2.
3. Martin Farquhar Tupper to Sir Henry Ellis, Principal Librarian of the British Museum ; Albury, 10 Dec. [1850], 12 Dec 1850, 7 Feb 1851. ff. 10, 13, 14. In the first letter is enclosed A Hymn for All Nations, 1851, dated Nov. 1850, which was published in thirty languages. Followed (f. 16) by four other autograph poems by M. F. Tupper, printed in his Select, Miscellaneous Poems [1881], pp. 158, 203, 357, 419.
Presented by Henry John Ellis, Fsq.
B. Raphael Georg Kiesewetter, musical historian and antiquary, to Robert Lucas de Pearsall, on music in England, etc.; Vienna, 28 Feb. 1838 (see the Musical Times, Feb. 1902). Signed. f. 23. Presented by W. Barclay Squire, Esq.
C. 1. Narrative of the march of the English army under Lord Cornwallis from Bangalore to Seringapatam, the defeat of Tippoo Sultan, 15 May, 1791, and the march back to Bangalore (cf. H Beveridge, History of India, 1862, ii. p. 600, and an account by Major Skelly in Add. MS. 9872, f. 90); 5 July, 1791. f. 26.
2. Brig.-General Hildebrand Oakes (cr. Bart. 1813) to General giving an account of the arrival of the English fleet in Aboukir Bay on 2nd March, the landing on the 8th and the battle with the French on the 13th; Camp before Alexandria, 17 Mar. 1801. f. 44.
D. An anonymous Spanish duet and song, with pianoforte accompaniment. Early 19th cent. ff. 46, 48.
E. 1. James Boswell to Bennet Langton: “You may rest assured that you shall see your Johnsoniana before I print them. I have printed twenty sheets of my Magnum Opus. It will be the most entertaining Book that ever appeared. Only think of what an offer I have for it-a cool thousand. But I am advised to retain the property myself," etc.; London, 9 April, 1790. f. 50.
2. [Augusting Bon Joseph] Robespierre, [dit le jeune], as Representative of the People with the Army in Italy, to [M. Tilly], French Chargé d'Affaires at Genoa, warning him against a traitor who is about him ; Nice, 24 Brumaire, 2e Rep. [14 Nov. 1793]. f. 52.
3. Robert Fulton, inventor of the steam-boat, to Paul Francois Jean Nicholas Barras, on his newly invented torpedo and the destruction of the English fleet: [27 Oct. 1798 f. 53.
4. Instructions from Viscount Nelson to his admirals and captains on the best way of fighting an enemy ; [Sept. 1805]. Autogr. f. 55. Printed in Life of Nelson, 1809, ii. p. 427.
F. The Spirit’s Mysteries: a poem in the autograph of Felicia Dorothea Hemans (Works, 1879, p. 450). f. 57.
G. James V of Scotland to Pope Clement VII, notifying the death of James Hepburne, Bishop of Moray, recommending Robert Schawe, Abbot of Paisley, for the see, and asking the Pope's favour on behalf of John Hamyltoun, a monk of Kilwinniiig, to succeed to the abbacy, though only in his 14th year and an illegitimate son of James, Earl of Arran; Edinburgh Castle, 11 Jan. 1524. Latin. Signed. f. 60. John Hamilton was appointed Abbbot, and in 1546 became Archbishop of St. Andrews. He was hanged in 1571
H. Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy to E. Buxton, as to the arrangements for the performance of Elijah at Exeter Hall, etc.; Leipsic, 2 Feb. 1847. f. 61.
I. Edward Coley Burne-Jones to Ernest Chesneau, giving an account of his artistic life and work; London, 13 Oct 1882. f. 63. Presented by C. Fairfax Murray, Esq.
K. General L. J. Meyer and Heer Schalk Burger to the Burgomaster of Pretoria. Photograph. Pretoria, 29 May, 1900. Dutch. f. 65.
L. 1. Autobiographical memoir of Charles Gounod, to 1853. Fr. Autogr. f. 68. With five portraits. ff. 70-74.
2. Musical Composition by William Vincent Wallace; 22 Dec. 1848. With photograph. ff. 75, 76.
M. 1. Hans Christian Andersen to [Mary Howitt], on his year's travel in Europe, and his reception by the King of Prussia, and sending five poems, Kleiner Viggo, Thränen, Das sterbende Kind, Der Soldat, and An eine dame mit einem Veilchensraus; Oldenburg, 28 Sep 1846. Germ. f. 77. With a translation of the letter and three of the poems (f. 79).
2. Cardinal John Henry Newman to a lady, on a portrait of him recently painted and the sadness of expression delineated by the artist: " My painter, a man of genius, made, like men of genius, a great mistake. He acted on a theory. He caught at some passage of my Apologia in which I speak of my sorrow at my loss of my Oxford friends and determined to represent me as mourning for them "; The Oratory, 20 Jan. 1875. f. 83.
N. " The Names of the best Plays and Comedies," [1598-1697], the authors and plays being respectively arranged alphabetically; c.1700. f. 86.
The compiler notes the reception accorded to the later plays. Of that accorded to the earlier ones it is not always possible to say if he was speaking from tradition or a revival in his own day. Under " W- Shakespear " he writes, " Othello Moor of Venice this tragedy is esteemed one of his best. 2 Pericles much esteemed during the Authors life. 3 The Puritan, thought very diverting," etc.
Paper and vellum ; ff. 93. XIII.-XIX. centt. Folio. Acquired in 1903.

Add Ms 39316
Hemans (Felicia Dorothea). Stanzas by, copied and signed by Joanna Baillie aft. 1825.
Add. 39316 f. 63 within a volume of literary miscellanea.
The whole volume has been included and the contents of this are as follows:

39316. BERKELEY PAPERS. Vol. XIII. Miscellaneous papers, 1696-1870, of George Berkeley, D.D., Bishop of Cloyne 1734-1753, as follows :-
1. Religious papers, viz. (a) "Some collects occasioned by a meditation upon Christ's sufferings. In ye Passion Week, 1696." f. 1;- (b) Two tracts. "Of the Trinity," f. 3 ; " Of the nature of excellency and evil," f. 12 b;- (c) Sermon on Acts xii. 6, 7, with corrections in Bishop Berkeley's hand. f. 15.
2. Indentures of sale of two slaves to George Berkeley, Dean of Derry, 7 Oct. 1730, with confirmation, 17 Oct 1731, by Joseph Jencks, Governor of Rhode Island. ff. 31, 32, 33.
3. Characters of two Irish deans, viz. [John] T[renc]h, Dean of R[aphoe] (d. 1725) and [Richard] D[anie]l, [Dean successively of Armagh and Down] (d. 1739), in the hand of Anne Berkeley. f. 34.
4. "Copy of an oration composed by Dr. John Burton of Eton [d. 1771], but not commonly understood to be his, and spoken by - at the Encænia at Oxford, 1763." So endorsed by Archbishop Secker. Beg. " Auditis, Academici." f. 36.
5. Literary remains of Catherine Talbot, viz. (a) Fragment of an unpublished essay. Autogr. f. 38;- (b) "Part of a letter to - on ye death of -", in the hand of George Monck
Berkeley. f. 40;- (c) Unpublished poems, in the same hand, with remarks by Eliza Berkeley. f. 41.
6. Literary remains, printed in Eliza Berkeley's edition of her son's poems (1 797), viz. : (a) Stanzas of John Norris of Bemerton altered by Catherine Talbot, op. cit. p. 210 (appendix), in hand of Eliza Berkeley. f. 57 ;- (b) Draft of Eliza Berkeley's preface.
op. cit. pp. cccxcix-ccccvii. Autogr. f. 58;- (c) Poem by George Monck Berkeley, "On the death of Mr. Duncombe." 1786. Op. cit. p. 18. Autogr. f. 60.
7. Miscellaneous poems, viz. :
(a) " Te Deum laudamus," by A[lexander] d'Arblay, son of Frances Burney, 1831. Autogr. f. 61 ;-
(b) Two stanzas from Felicia Hemans , "The Child and Dove," copied and signed by J[oanna] Baillie; watermark 1826. f. 63;
(c) Epigrams, English and Latin, by Robert Lloyd (1733-1764). f. 64;-
(d) "A Birthday Ode " to Eliza Berkeley by J[ohn] Whitaker. 12 Oct. 1763. Autogr. f. 66;-
(e) " Flurtation." Verses on Sophia Howe (cf. Letters of the Countess of Suffolk and the Hon. George Berkeley, 1824, pp. 35- 41), circ. 1719. f. 69; -
(f) Poems by A. H., "A Legendary Tale, 1811." f. 73; “Cambria." f. 75;-
(g) "On reading the Sorrows of Werter, by Mrs. Pickard." Endorsed by Eliza Berkeley ; before 1800. f. 77;-
(h) Miscellaneous pieces in different hands. f. 78; -
(i) "The Installation Ode." Fragment on the appointment of Hugh James Rose as Principal of King's College, London, 1836. f. 91.
8. Anecdotes of Sydney Smith, Lord Byron, Princess Dashkov, and others. f. 94 b.
9. Opinions of R. Whitcombe and T. Campbell, barristers, on six questions concerning the privileges of prebendaries of Chichester Cathedral; 1830. f. 96.
10. Letter from A[lexander] C[ampbell] Fraser to Archdeacon Rose, concerning the Berkeley Papers ; 5 Sept. 1870. f. 142.
Paper ; ff. 144. Folio.

Hemans (Felicia Dorothea). Correspondence with Sir Robert Peel 1835.
Add. 40413 ff. 291-292 Peel to FH, Whitehall, 7 Feb 1835 (two versions)
Add. 40414 ff. 14-16 FH to Peel, Dublin, 10 Feb 1835

REEL FIVE

Add Ms 33964
Hemans (Felicia Dorothea). Letters, 1819, 1823.
Add. 33964 ff. 256, 258
Within a volume of literary and historical miscellanea. The whole volume has been included. The contents are as follows:

ORIGINAL LETTERS of sovereigns and noblemen, actors, artists, and authors; arranged in each class, according to the nationalities of the writers, under the heads of England, Flanders, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States of America; 16th-19th centt. The names of writers are given in the Index. Among them are:-

HEADS OF STATE: Queen Elizabeth I. William III. John, Duke of Marlborough. Francis I of France. Catharine de'Medici. Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia. Mary, Queen of Scots. Christina, Queen of Sweden.
ACTORS: David Garrick. Charles Kean. Charles Kemble. John Philip Kemble. William Charles Macready. Charles Mathews, jun. Simon Lockroy. Zaire Martel Nathalic.
Élise Rachel. François Joseph Talma. Giulia Grisi. Luigi Lablache.
ARTISTS: Thomas Bewick. Sir Augustus Wall Calcott. Sir Francis Leggitt Chautrey.
George Cruikshank. Sir Joshua Reynolds. Peter Paul Rubens. Paul Gustaye Doré. Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier. Antonio Canova.
AUTHORS: Bernard Barton. Lord Byron. Colley Cibber. William Cowper. Maria Edgeworth. Felicia Hemans. Dr. Samuel Johnson. Charles Lamb. Dr. William Paley. Mrs. Hester Lynch Piozzi. Samuel Richardson. Sir Walter Scott. Sir Richard Steele. Laurence Sterne.
Jean Pierre de Béranger. Denis Diderot. Alexandre Dumas, fils. Victor. Marie Hugo.
Jean Jacques Rousseau. Johann Wolf,-ang von Goethe. Jean Paul Richter. Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller. Teresa, Contessa Guiccioli.
Paper; ff. 457. A few portraits are interspersed. Folio.
Bequeathed by Andrew George Kurtz, Esq., of Wavertree, Liverpool.