Papers of W. K. Clifford

Inventory list
Identifier Sort ascending Title Level of description Date Digital object
18 Letter from James Challis to W. K. Clifford Item 25 Feb. 1867
20 List of Arabic physicians and scientists Item 1875?
24 Abortive notes on the ethics of alleviating pain, beginning ‘1. Answer to proposed question’ Item 1870s
1 Paper entitled ‘On the Character of Sir Walter Raleigh’ Item 1866
3a-d Four cancelled cheques drawn by W. K. Clifford on the London & County Bank in favour of J. J. Heywood, Macmillan & Co., E. Coe, and ‘Self’ Item 14 June 1869-18 Mar. 1870
4 Part of a draft syllabus for a paper (‘On the Relations between Science and Some Modern Poetry’) Item 1873
5 Leaf from the Pall Mall Gazette, containing a letter to the editor from W. K. Clifford, 27 Dec. 1875, headed ‘The Propagandism of Negation’ Item 4 Jan. 1876
12a-b Two partial drafts of a paper entitled ‘The Return of the Golden Age’ or ‘Can the Golden Age Return?’ Item 1870s
3 Printed pamphlet, containing an article entitled ‘The Philosophy of the Pure Sciences. I.—Statement of the Question’, being the text of a lecture delivered by W. K. Clifford at the Royal Institution in Mar. 1873; reprinted from the Contemporary Review Item 1873?
16 Offprint of an article by W. K. Clifford entitled ‘Binary Forms of Alternate Variables’, extracted from the Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society, vol. x Item after 12 June 1879
21 Galley proof of an article by W. K. Clifford entitled ‘Meteorological Instruments’ Item 1870s?
26 Leaf from The Academy, containing a review by Grant Allen of Clifford's Seeing and Thinking Item 27 Dec. 1879
29 Printed pamphlet entitled Generic and Symbolic Images, being the text of a lecture to be read before the Metaphysical Society on 9 Mar. 1880 Item 1880
31 Offprint of an article by Thomas Whittaker entitled ‘“Mind-Stuff” from the Historical Point of View’, reprinted from Mind, no. xxiv (Oct. 1881) Item 1881
32 La Semaine Littéraire, containing an article on ‘Mrs. W.-K. Clifford’ by Henry-D. Davray Item 26 July 1902
6 Notes by A. M. Dilke on Leslie Stephen: His Thought and Character in Relation to His Times, by Noel Annan (1951) Item 1970s?
A6 Letters to Lucy Clifford about W. K. Clifford File 1879
A9 Letters from Lucy Clifford to Frederick Pollock about W. K. Clifford, with a sketch File 1877-81
B1 Scrapbook File 1870s-80
C1 Newspapers and journals containing obituaries and other articles relating to W. K. Clifford File 1879-80
E1 Notes on light and electricity, with related correspondence File 1870s-1923
1 Essay on a passage from Bacon’s Instauratio Magna Item 1860s
4a Draft of a paper entitled ‘On the Relations between Science and Some Modern Poetry’ (incomplete) Item 1873
1 Notebook containing notes by W. K. Clifford on Coleoptera fabriciana, reused by Lucy Clifford as a scrapbook for obituary notices of her husband, reviews of his posthumous publications, etc. Item 1870s-80
13 Cuttings from the Saturday Review, containing an obituary notice of W. K. Clifford Item 15 Mar. 1879
15–17 Black-edged letter-head (unused) of the Miles Carmo Hotel, Madeira (three copies) Item c. 1879
9 Letter from W. K. Clifford to William Clifford Item 17 Nov. 1868
10 Letter from W. K. Clifford to Mary F. Clifford Item c. 1870?
4 Letter from W. K. Clifford to Lucy Clifford Item Mar. 1877?
5 Text and verse translation of Heine’s poem ‘Wenn ich in deine Augen seh’’, in the hand of W. K. Clifford Item c. 1870