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Pasted face down so beginning of letter unreadable. [Robert Lubbock?] Bensly mentioned.

'From all cant and hypocrisy
From all bigotry and intolerance
From all Fen parsons, and
From all religious newspapers,
Good Lord, Deliver us.'

On printed notepaper, Macmillan and Co... 16 Bedford Street, Covent Garden, W.C., London. - Buchanan cannot publish [David Gray's poems] without Mrs Gray's consent. Macmillan could offer her say £50 for the rights and a royalty per copy sold; no great profits anticipated, but David Gray could be dissociated from Buchanan's mediocrity. The late father's alleged authorisation might be a problem; asks if it is worth wrangling over; perhaps Buchan could edit the poems under supervision to curb his vulgarity. Possible purchase of copyright by David Gray's Glasgow friends. Postscript: might call with [W. Aldis] Wright; 'We are going to walk down from London to Glasgow & beg our way'.

Trinity College, Cambridge. - Was surprised by Quaritch's assumption that he was to be the publisher of Aldis Wright's memoir of FitzGerald.

Trinity College, Cambridge. - re publishing FitzGerald's works, both unpublished and selections from previously published works. Draft reply from Quaritch to Aldis Wright, 27 Nov. 1883, written out on second page.

(Carbon copy of a typed original. The subscription and the date were added by hand.)

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CORRESPONDENCE OF DAWSON TURNER. Esq. F.R.S.

The correspondence contained in these 83 volumes consists of the letters received by Mr Dawson Turner between the years 1790 and 1851.

Mr Turner was originally entered at Pembroke College of which his uncle, Dr Joseph Turner, afterwards Dean of Norwich, was then Master, but after a year’s residence, owing to the illness of his father, James Turner, he left the University for the Banking house of Messrs Gurneys and Co, Great Yarmouth, in which his father was a partner.

Mr Turner became a Fellow of the Royal Society and of other learned societies. He corresponded with scientific men and foreign botanists from whom various letters will be found especially in the early volumes.

The collection is indexed throughout following the names of the writers.

Private letters from members of his family and others have been removed from the collection though they are referred to in the Index.

These volumes were presented to the Library of Trinity College in 1890 by Mr Turner’s last surviving daughter, Mrs Jacobson, widow of Dr Jacobson, formerly Bishop of Chester, and this statement is written by Mr Turner’s grandson,

R. H. Inglis Palgrave. 11 Feby. 1895.

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Belton. Gt Yarmouth.
11 Feby 1895.

My dear Wright,

I enclose the statement {1} now, I hope, in a complete form. Should you wish anything else to be said or any alteration made only let me know. The collection will supply curious bits of information to future historians—if they will work it over.—& I am much obliged to you for arranging so kindly that it should have an honourable resting place in your fine College Library.

I am glad you can give a good report of yourself this arctic weather.

Yours very truly
R H Inglis Palgrave

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{1} O.13.1, No. 4.

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Belton. | Gt Yarmouth.
14 Novr 1890.

My dear Wright,

I have heard from Mrs Jacobson who is very glad that her Fathers correspondence should rest within your Walls, & will willingly present it to the College.

The collection is at my home, here, I will have it properly packed & seen to, but as I have to be away next week for a few days on business it will have to wait for my return—But I will attend to it as soon as I can, & I will write you word again before it is sent off to Cambridge.

Yours very truly
R H Inglis Palgrave

19 Carleton Road, Tufnell Park, N. - Has made some extracts from FitzGerald's letters, especially relating to the separate publication of the Rubáiyát 'in reference to which Mr Aldis Wright broke his instructions two years after he had written to you declaring he could "not violate" Mr FitzGerald's "distinct orders" Either his memory is very bad, or his conscience is very elastic' [This section is not printed in Charlotte Quaritch Wrentmore's 1926 edition of FitzGerald letters to her father and other FitzGeraldiana].

Now returns the letters; thanks Quaritch for entrusting to them. Will fetch the book with FitzGerald's bookplate which he lent

Savile Club, 107 Piccadilly, W. - Has been through the letters which Quaritch handed him at Aldeburgh, as well as the additional ones sent by Miss Quaritch; unfortunately there is little there of bibliographical interest, certainly 'not enough material for annotating the proposed Extracts from the published "Letters"'.

'FitzGerald's reiterated request not to publish 'Omar' separately makes Aldis Wright's action the more indefensible & that action is more remarkable with his remark to you that he sought no profit - if not, why did he let Macmillan's do it? However, you cannot interfere; only I will make Extracts so as to publish the facts of the case one day.' [This section is not printed in Charlotte Quaritch Wrentmore's 1926 edition of FitzGerald letters to her father and other FitzGeraldiana].

Suggests the printing of 'some more complete story of [FitzGerald's] life, into which there should be interwoven his criticisms on men & books... there is precious little about Omar & 'Saláman' in Wright's volumes'.

Postscript: Thiselton Dyer has sent him a cutting from the [Omar Khayyam] rose, which he has at once planted in his front garden.

Woodbridge. - Asks Quaritch to send him Coues' Birds of the Northwest... Does not know anything about Aldis Wright's being the owner of FitzGerald's copyright, other than 'the letter addressed to him, and leaving him the box of MSS. as asserted in the preface by A. W.' Asks if Quaritch has had much demand for the book. FitzGerald left him a self-portrait by Raphael Mengs, 'a d-d ugly fellow - but as good as Rembrandt, only in a different way of course'.

Remembers coming now and again to 'worry' Quaritch forty-four years ago when a Collector at Simpkins.

36 Warrender Park Terrace, Edinburgh. - Remembers now that the name of the artist [who sent back the seeds from the rose on the grave of Omar Khayyám] was Simpson, but did not know it was Quaritch to whom the seeds were sent. Asks if Quaritch can have a scion of the rose-tree planted at FitzGerald's grave in Boulge; knows FitzGerald's nephew and executor Colonel Kerrich would gladly have it done, having mentioned the idea to him a few months ago when he heard about the rose from Mr Clodd. Could also photograph Bredfield Hall and Farlinghay if Quaritch requires it. Groome's father knew Aldis Wright, but he himself does not.

Adds postscript: Fanny Kemble's reminiscences, as they first appeared in the Atlantic, had many references to FitzGerald. Groome knows an old lady at Ipswich who has a fine engraving of FitzGerald's mother.

It was FitzGerald's wish that Omar Khayyam should never be published separately again, and he made this a condition with Quaritch when agreeing it should be published with Salámán and Absál. Cannot therefore 'violate his direct orders'.

Written on sheet of headed notepaper for 'Bernard Quaritch, Bookseller, Central Agency for the procuring of Rare Books'.

30 Blenheim Terrace, Scarboro'. - Sure Quaritch would not do anything 'discreditable' to FitzGerald's memory, but his friendship for Aldis Wright will prevent him writing a notice of this edition and memoir. Note on FitzGerald's translations.

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Belton. | Gt Yarmouth.
27 Sepr 1890.

My dear Wright,

You will remember my speaking to you here about the correspondence of my Grandfather the late Dawson Turner. He was in the habit of binding the letters addressed to him, & hence accumulated during a long & active life a considerable number of letters, some from persons of mark in their way, & curious also as illustrative of life & habits from, roughly 1790 to 1850. He was in early life, much devoted to botany, & there are among the letters a good many from botanists on the Continent which Joseph Hooker tells me illustrate the early progress of the Science. Afterwards Mr Turner directed more attention to archaeology—& there are letters on this subject also.

I have taken out of the volumes all the private letters, & those from members of his Family.—this however does not detract from the interest of those which remain.

My question to you was—Will your College Library give an acceptance permanently to these 50 to 60 Volumes. If you say—yes—I will ask Mrs Jacobson, who is the present owner to consent to this arrangement.

Mrs Jacobson is now an old Lady—& as I am constantly reminded of the miserable lapse of time—I shall be glad to settle this matter. Will you kindly assist me.

I am sorry we have not seen more of each other—or rather that I have not seen more of you this year—but I hope we shall do better in the future.

Yours very truly
R H Inglis Palgrave

Two letters concerning a book from William Aldis Wright's library.

Complete issue, pp. 421-452, with obituary on p. 441.

Relates to a MS sent to the British Museum for Moses Gaster.

Sends a corrected lecture list [not present].

Includes 30 letters addressed to William Aldis Wright and 23 letters addressed to William Whewell.

48 letters to W. H. Thompson dated 1831-1866, and 1 letter addressed to [John] Allen dated 24 Aug. 1840. Names mentioned in the accompanying calendar of the letters include Henry Alford; John Allen; Robert Leslie Ellis; Edward FitzGerald; Arthur Hallam; Walter Savage Landor; Samuel Laurence; Richard Monckton Milnes, Lord Houghton; Stephen Spring Rice; Sir Henry Taylor; Robert John Tennant; Alfred, Lord Tennyson; Charles Tennyson [later Turner]; and William Wordsworth. Spedding also refers to his work on Francis Bacon.
With a further 35 letters to William Aldis Wright and William George Clark, dated 1862-1881. Letters to William George Clark date from 1862 to 1864 and relate to collations of Shakespeare's plays. Letters from 1881 to William Aldis Wright relate to Frederick James Furnivall, with copies of Spedding's letters to Furnivall, and one letter from Furnivall to Spedding dated 26 Feb. 1881. Accompanied by a mechanical copy of the Northumberland Manuscript.