Most letters in the run Nos. 1-96 are letters from FitzGerald to Quaritch, 21. Apr. 1953-23 Feb. 1883. Letters from others have been described in dependent entries. Several letters annotated by Quaritch. Notes by Charlotte Quaritch Wrentmore at several places indicating that a letter from FitzGerald to Quaritch belonging to this point in the chronological sequence is to be found in the book bound up by her father, now O.10a.41.
A loose card with a typewritten record of provenance was found loose within the covers; this has been cut down from a printed ticket to provide admittance to Trinity College Library 'before 11 A. M.', with space for 'Name' 'Recommended by' 'during the... Quarter, 189...' to be filled in.
Sans titre190: Includes the recollection of a visit from Houghton and Eliot Warburton 'when you both dressed up as Turks and sat cross legged on the sofa, to the astonishment and admiration of my children'.
Letter from Hofreiter dated 19 Apr. 1951 with a carbon copy of Davenport's reply 1 Aug. 1951. Hofreiter thanks Davenport for the reprints and points out an error in his "Note on a binary quartic form." Davenport replies that as it does not really affect his argument he won't be issuing a corrigendum.
Great Hundridge Manor, Great Missenden, Bucks. - 'Thank you... for the article on Gaselee'.
Original title: Academie Des Sciences, communication de: Sir Anthony Epstein. Conférence Humphry Davy The lecture is delivered in French, with a question answered in English.
Two clips from HTV News, each three and a half minutes long, with a clip from BBC News West which is four minutes, twenty seconds long covering the same announcement, and stating that clinical trials are due to start in the coming year. Epstein is referred to as the co-discoverer of the virus.
54 Cours Napoléon, Ajaccio, Corse - In the letter of 18 May, he is worried about her silence after she announced her trip to Switzerland; is putting out a new survey for the Encyclopédia Française for Varagnac; their questionnaires have attracted the notice of ethologists and folklorists; he is not making as much progress in his map work as he could like; Varagnac asked for news and told him of the admiration of all his friends for 'Fear [of the Dead]' III. In the letter of 31 May, he says he will quote from the preface to 'Fear' III, to encourage his volunteers to embrace errors and not doubt their abilities, as his humility should be an example; his plans to go to the country are delayed; Martine [Giamarchi, his great niece] is very happy to have the picture magazine. In the letter of 9 June, he thanks her for her card pointing out that it has been 57 years since the composition of 'Plato’s Ideal' in 1879, and used the preface to 'Crainte' in speaking to his Normaliennes who are working on the ethnological and folklore surveys; he has written to Geuthner; there are two translations of Condorcet, Chouville and Mme de Pange.
54 Cours Napoléon, Ajaccio, Corse - He is pleased things are going well for her; is working with maps of Corsica, and some have Dutch text he cannot read (Jan. 19); he thanks her for various things she has sent in the post: the 'Times', with its coverage of Edward VIII (Jan. 28), an issue of 'Punch', with an image [?] of Canon [Alexander] Nairne at Windsor (3 Feb.) and pictures for Martine [Giamarchi]. He has sent a parcel of responses to the questionnaire to Varagnac; is happy they had a good evening with Wickham Steed (16 Feb.).
54 Cours Napoléon, Ajaccio, Corse - In the letter of 30 October, he is resigned to the fact that they will find a collaborator for Sir James and have their own requirements; refers to the reception of Lilly Frazer’s books at the local school; writes of Madeleine, recovering from typhoid fever, and her brother, who has just received a doctorate in law. In the letter of 29 Nov. he has agreed to organise the surveys for Varagnac for the Encyclopedie Françoise. In the letter of 12 Nov., he is glad to hear they will be at their club until the end of the year; thinks the translation by Madame Roth is ingenious, but it is hard to match the quality of Sir James’ verse. The achievement of 'The Fear of the Dead' is difficult if one cannot reread the documentation and though Frazer has a good memory he should have someone help who can find what he needs and read it to him. All three letters contain news of Martine [Giamarchi, a great niece].
Sent from the Coal Exchange.
Colchester Museum. - A friend of his has the three enclosed books [no hint of titles in letter]; asks if they are of any use to Quaritch. Often heard his old friend FitzGerald speak of Quaritch at Woodbridge.
Sent on paper headed 'Municipal Corporation Commission | (England and Wales)'.
Relates to the Company of Joiners.
Relates to one of the Companies, but the specifics are indistinct.
Sent from 35 Castle Street, Holburn.
Relates to the Ironmongers Company.
Sent from Shaftesbury.
Sent from Goldsmith's Hall.
Relates to the Goldsmiths' Company. Names Walter Prideaux - the clerk to Goldsmith's Hall - as his partner. Sent from Brighton.
W. Irving Way and Co., Publishers, The Monadnock, Chicago (headed notepaper). - Asks how much Quaritch would charge to send 'a fine impression, or proof' of Costello's etching of Edward FitzGerald, for prices for a list of books, and 'any books you may have once belonged to E. F. G. or that may have been presented by him to friends' or any FitzGerald letters.
The date 18 Oct. 1834 has been added at the head.
Undated. The year has been written at the head in another hand. Includes a note from J. E. Drinkwater.
Undated. Unclear who the intended recipient is. The year has been written at the head in another hand.
Undated. Unclear who the intended recipient is. The year has been written at the head in another hand.