Papers of W. Aldis Wright relating to philology, etc.

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6 Cutting from the East Suffolk Gazette, containing an article headed ‘Wenhaston’, in which the word ‘slaker’ has been underlined Item 19 Apr. 1892
7 Cutting from the Standard, containing an article headed ‘Snipe and Snipe-shooting’, in which the words ‘wisp’, ‘bunch’, ‘quakes’, and ‘caffle’ have been underlined Item 15 Nov. 1900
6 Text of the ballad ‘Captain Ward’ (Child Ballad No. 287), in an unidentified hand, with a quotation from Twelfth Night in the hand of Robert H. Groome Item Nov. 1877?
4 Printed notice headed ‘Chronicles and Memorials [in capitals]’, issued by John Romilly, Master of the Rolls Item 1 Nov. 1862
8 Letter from Sir T. Duffus Hardy to W. Aldis Wright Item 17 Mar. 1874
1 Printed circular letter issued by J. P. Postgate and Wilfred A. Gill, honorary secretaries of the Cambridge Philological Society Item 26 Nov. 1886
2 Printed notice issued to members of the Cambridge Philological Society, headed ‘Reform of Latin Pronunciation’ and containing a summary of answers to a circular issued on 22 Feb. 1886 Item 1886
4 Printed notice issued by the Cambridge Philological Society detailing the scheme of ‘re-stored pronunciation of Latin’ to be recommended at the annual general meeting on 1 Feb. 1906 Item 1906
10 Letter from E. B. Cowell to W. Aldis Wright Item 29 Oct. 1884
13 Postcard from E. B. Cowell to W. Aldis Wright Item 8 Nov. 1897
15 Envelope addressed by S. M. Schiller-Szinessy to W. Aldis Wright Item late 19th c.
5 Proof of a pamphlet entitled Glossic, by Alexander J. Ellis, annotated by the author Item c. 5 May 1870
7 Printed leaflet advertising The Reliquary, a quarterly archaeological journal Item c. 1870
11 Printed pamphlet entitled T’Gurt Railway Jubilee: My Prisence & Harty Approvil, by ‘“T’ Licend Hawker,” Teesdale’, in dialect Item c. 1875
16 Corrected proofs of part of W. W. Skeat’s ‘Notes on English Etymology’, published in Transactions of the Philological Society, 1885–7, pp. 283–333 Item c. 1886
17 Part of a leaf of a German journal, containing an article headed ‘Giegler’s Echos der neueren gesprochenen Sprachen’, apparently a review of R. Schindler’s Echo of the Spoken English, First Part: Children’s Talk (1890) Item c. 1890
18 Printed prospectus for the English Dialect Dictionary Item 1894
20 Proof of a specimen sheet of the English Dialect Dictionary Item 1890s
9 Transcript of a note on corn-rents, in an unidentified hand Item late 19th or early 20th c.
11 Notes by W. Aldis Wright on the licensing of plays and playhouses, from Collier’s Annals of the Stage Item late 19th or early 20th c.
12 Note by W. Aldis Wright of two passages in the book of Proverbs echoed in King John and Hamlet Item late 19th or early 20th c.
17 Note by W. Aldis Wright of two passages in Jordan’s Royal Arbor of Loyal Poesie (1664) relating to baptism and godfathers Item late 19th or early 20th c.
2 Lists of notable words in Hoby’s translation of Castiglione’s Courtier (1588), compiled by Robert H. Groome Item c. 1866
11 Letter from J. L. Wright to W. Aldis Wright Item 8 Nov.1887?
16 List of notable words in Barclay’s Ship of Fools (1570), compiled by W. Aldis Wright Item late 19th or early 20th c.
18 Extract from a terrier of land in Hoveringham (Notts.) belonging to Thomas Pynder, 14 May 1607, in the hand of W. Aldis Wright Item 1881?
20 Two extracts of literary interest from a college conclusion book (not that of Trinity), 1658 and 1659, in the hand of W. Aldis Wright Item late 19th or early 20th c.
21-6 Miscellaneous notes of notable words and phrases, mostly in the hand of W. Aldis Wright Item late 19th or early 20th c.
34 Envelope, marked by W. Aldis Wright ‘Halliwell’s Dictionary | vol. 2 | Loose papers’ Item late 19th or early 20th c.
4 Printed notice of an auction sale of farming stock belonging to Anthony Chapman, the sale to be conducted by Anthony Askew at Ridding, in Howgill (near Sedbergh), on 24 Sept. 1875 Item 1 Sept. 1875 View