Printed notepaper, The Critic and Good Literature, 20 Astor Place, New York. - The Critic of 30 August is to feature congratulations to Oliver Wendell Holmes, 'the Autocrat', on his 75th birthday. Requests contribution from Houghton. Postscript: Holmes is unaware of the planned compliment.
Interview, reprinted from San Francisco Chronicle, denouncing Miller's work as lacking in true feeling. Accompanied by envelope addressed to 'Lord Houghton, Chairman, Newsreaders Benevolent Association'.
Illustrated volume to ommemorate the centenary of Sir Walter Scott. Presentation inscription by Messrs Ballantyne on flyleaf.
5 The Grove, Boltons, S.W (on embossed notepaper for Boscombe Manor, Bournmouth, Hants, this address crossed out). - Jeaffreson's book The Real Shelley apparently slanders the poet: should her husband respond, and in what way? Professor Dowden was given private papers and could refute Jeaffreson's statements, but his biography is not yet published; reviewers are mostly against Jeaffreson.
Printed notepaper, City Library, Bristol. - Urges adoption of second proposal in Wordsworth Memorial Committee's Resolution; it would be a 'peculiar and condign tribute in the region which he has almost sanctified' to commemorate Wordsworth in a Lakeland mountain sculpture of the type suggested for Alexander by the ancient Greek sculptor-poet Dinocrates. Sir Francis Chantrey 'had a strong desire to become proprietor of a mountain' for this purpose'.
Is sending her book in return for Milnes' superior one. Her maids were shocked by 'The Brownie': 'They evidently took it as an obscure & vague calumny on the race of housemaids generally'. The Songs are proper ones and should be set to music. ''The Northern Knight in Italy is bad for young men - I mean to cut it out of the copy belonging to your Dedicatee [the Hon. Sidney Herbert]. Milnes' beautiful compression of ideas is in Rogers' style. Milnes and Fonblanque have cut her this Spring. No signature: adds illustration of a hanged man, 'Fate of those who attend yr parties & wear black crape masks'.
Contains school exercises from 1905. Very few entries are dated, but they probably continue for about 2 years.
Includes papers dealing with the establishment of COMSCEE
Includes lists of: principal invited lectures, demonstrations, invited seminars and lectures, list of publication from the Epstein-Barr virus group, and list of publications co-authored by Sir Anthony Epstein, Yvonne Barr, Bert G. Achong, and others. Includes letter from Institute of Scientific Information, dealing with the impact of publications by frequency of citation and a summary of scientific findings in published work.
Includes broadcasts and interviews
Lecture given in Tokyo and Kyoto Universities in early 1983.