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

Inventory list
Identifier Sort ascending Title Level of description Date Digital object
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
19 Proof of a specimen sheet of the English Dialect Dictionary Item 1890s
21 Printed prospectus of A Facsimile and Transcript of an Elizabethan Manuscript preserved at Alnwick Castle, transcribed and edited by Frank J. Burgoyne, with a printed order form Item 1904
5 Notes from lectures on philology, in an unidentified hand Item late 19th or early 20th c.
6 Table containing three lists of names (mainly surnames, apparently), dated respectively 11, 12, and 14 Edw. III, in an unidentified hand Item late 19th or early 20th c.
7 Notes on the Cetacea of the Mediterranean, in an unidentified hand Item late 19th or early 20th c.
1 Letter from Robert H. Groome to W. Aldis Wright Item 9 Mar. 1866
3 Letter from —— to W. Aldis Wright Item 17 June 1867
4 List of remarkable or obsolete words and phrases in Shelton’s translation of Don Quixote (1612) Item 1867
8 Letter from C. A. M. Fennell to W. Aldis Wright Item 28 Dec. 1885
27 Envelope, marked by W. Aldis Wright ‘Halliwell’s Dictionary | vol. i. | Loose Papers’ Item late 19th or early 20th c.
5 Letter from Thomas McK. Hughes to W. Aldis Wright Item June 1873
13-33 Miscellaneous notes of notable words and phrases, mostly in the hand of W. Aldis Wright Item late 19th or early 20th c.
2 Printed notice of an auction sale of lambs and gimmers by instruction of R. Capstick of Broda Garth, the sale to be conducted by Richard Turner at Thornton Church Stile (the name of an inn at Thornton-in-Lonsdale, Yorks.) on 12 Sept. 1872 Item c. Sept. 1872 View
3 Printed notice of an auction sale of farming stock belonging to William Edmondson, the sale to be conducted by Anthony Askew at Butter Pots, Deepdale (near Sedbergh), on 10 Sept. 1875 Item 1 Sept. 1875 View
1 Printed papers relating to Milton File 1837-91
4 Letters and papers relating to Shakespeare File 1866-88
13 Printed papers relating to the reform of Latin pronunciation File 1886-1906
2 Leaves from the Göttingische gelehrte Anzeigen, containing a review by Alfred Stern of David Masson’s Life of John Milton (1871) Item 4 Oct. 1871
3 Leaves from the Göttingische gelehrte Anzeigen containing a review by Alfred Stern of David Masson’s edition of The Poetical Works of John Milton (3 vols., 1874) Item 7 July 1875
3 Cutting from the Cambridge Chronicle, containing a short notice of items for sale, in which the words ‘kine rods’ have been underlined Item 14 Mar. 1874
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
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
2 Extracts relating to Icelandic dogs, compiled by Alfred Newton Item 1880
2 Letter from W. E. Crowfoot to W. Aldis Wright Item 7 Nov. 1877
3 Letter from Francis H. Groome to Robert H. Groome (incomplete?) Item c. 14 Nov. 1877
3 Printed pamphlet headed ‘Chronicles and Memorials [in capitals]. | General Directions for the Guidance of Editors’ Item c. 1862
10 Letter from Sir T. Duffus Hardy to W. Aldis Wright Item 7 Dec. 1874
13 Letter from William Hardy to W. Aldis Wright Item 4 Oct. 1878
1 Letter from Anna Deane Butcher to W. Aldis Wright Item 20 Nov. 1909