Letters and papers relating to Shakespeare

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1 Cutting from Thomas Kerslake’s Catalogue of Books, containing details of a copy of Bensley’s edition of the Plays of Shakespeare (8 vols, 1804) and remarks on a conjectured misprint in The Two Gentlemen of Verona Item Jan. 1866
2 Printed menu and programme of the ‘46th Annual State Banquet of Sapience’ of the Society of Noviomagus on 4 July 1874, including quotations from the works of Shakespeare Item 1874
5 Letter from W. G. Stone to W. Aldis Wright Item 15 Mar. 1885
9 Cutting from the Derby Mercury, containing an article headed ‘A Find at Haddon and Ashford’ concerning discoveries made by F. J. Furnivall at Haddon Hall and Ashford church; annotated by Furnivall Item 22 Aug. 1888
10 Printed leaf or cutting, containing four versions of the casket song in The Merchant of Venice, as printed in four different editions, with handwritten notes in an unidentified hand Item 19th c.
6 The Post Boy, containing a notice of the publication by Bernard Lintot of A Collection of Poems by Shakespeare, in two volumes Item 1-3 Mar. 1711
7 Cutting from the Transactions of the New Shakspere Society, containing a paragraph from a paper by Robert Boyle entitled ‘Henry VIII: An Investigation into the Origin and Authorship of the Play’ Item 1885
8 Proof or offprint of an article in the Stratford Herald, listing recent additions to the Shakespeare Memorial Library Item 25 June 1886
3 Proof or offprint from the Daily News, containing a letter to the editor from F. J. Furnivall, 28 Feb. 1876, headed ‘Shakspere at the Lyceum’ Item 2 Mar. 1876
4 Cuttings from The Scotsman, containing a review by Lewis Campbell of Charles Wordsworth’s edition of Shakspeare’s Historical Plays Item 12 Jan. 1883