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

Inventory list
Identifier Sort ascending Title Level of description Date Digital object
1 Leaf from the Gentleman’s Magazine, containing an article by J. M. (John Mitford) entitled ‘Milton’s Orthography’ Item Mar. 1837
4 Leaf from the St James’s Gazette, containing the first part of an article by John W. Hales entitled 'Milton and the Gray's Inn Walks' Item 29 July 1891 View
1 Letter from Carl Horstmann to W. Aldis Wright Item 1877 x 1892
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.
2 Cutting from The Times, containing an article headed ‘Supposed Murder of a Woman’, in which the word ‘shaw’ has been underlined Item 18 June 1867
5 Cutting from the Leeds Mercury, containing an article headed ‘Extraordinary Thefts by Boys’, in which the word ‘keck’d’ has been underlined Item 18 Sept. 1880
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
8 Proof or offprint of an article in the Stratford Herald, listing recent additions to the Shakespeare Memorial Library Item 25 June 1886
1 Letter from Robert H. Groome to W. Aldis Wright Item 14 Nov. 1877
4 Letter from Robert H. Groome to W. Aldis Wright Item 23 Nov. 1877
6 Draft or copy of a letter from W. Aldis Wright to Sir T. Duffus Hardy Item 7 Dec. 1872
7 Letter from Sir T. Duffus Hardy to W. Aldis Wright Item 9 Dec. 1872
3 Letter from Edmund Brock to W. Aldis Wright Item 8 Nov. 1871
6 Postcard from W. W. Skeat to W. Aldis Wright Item 21 Feb. 1879
9 Verse translation of Catullus, lxxxiv, by S. W. Smith Rogers Item 1880
12 Postcard from W. W. Skeat to W. Aldis Wright Item 3 June 1885
14 Postcard from W. W. Skeat to W. Aldis Wright Item 7 Dec. 1899
18 Letter from W. W. Skeat to W. Aldis Wright Item late 19th or early 20th c.
2 Cutting from the Yorkshire Chronicle, containing an article entitled ‘The Yorkshire Dialects’ Item 2 Apr. 1870
3 The Educational Times and Journal of the College of Preceptors, containing a paper by Alexander J. Ellis entitled ‘The English Spelling Difficulty and its Remedy’ Item 1 May 1870
6 Proof of a pamphlet entitled Glossic, by Alexander J. Ellis Item c. 5 May 1870
8 Printed pamphlet entitled Varieties of English Pronunciation, by Alexander J. Ellis Item c. 2 Mar. 1870
10 Proof of the beginning of Book VII of The Letters and the Life of Francis Bacon, ed. James Spedding Item 26 Nov. 1873
12 The Yorkshireman, including an article in Yorkshire dialect by Ben Preston entitled ‘Pauper Papers’ Item 2 June 1877
13 Printed notice of an auction sale of agricultural land at the Castle Hotel, Haverfordwest, on 7 July 1877, with a handwritten note on the word ‘slang’ Item c. 7 July 1877