RECENT ACQUISITIONS

Department of Manuscripts

Acquisitions, January-December 1976

William Johnson {c. 1610-65), operator to theRoyal College of Physicians: 'ThesaurusChymicus Patefactus Sive PolluctumRemediorum Chymicorum SelectissimorumPraeparatum Et Vires eorum ex singulisAuctoribus collectae'; 1658. Formerly in thePatent Office Library. Add. MS. 59653.

Frederick II, King of Prussia: papers relatingto, 1816-1902. (i) A copy of 'Les Matineesdu Roi de Prusse', attributed to him, madefrom the supposed original in the possessionofMarshal A, J, M R Savary,DucdeRovigo,by Charlton Whittall, 1816. (2) A memo-randum on Rovigo and Gen, C. F. A.Lallemand by Whittall, with two letters fromRovigo to Whittall, (3) A letter and presscutting relating to the publication of (i) inSir James William Whittall, Frederick theGreat im Kingcraft (1901). Presented by Dr.G. W. Whittall. Add. MS. 59654.

Miscellaneous letters ofthe late i8th and early19th centuries, many addressed to GeneralSir Frederick Stovin, K,C.M,G,, and his wife.The autographs include those of Longfellow,Wellington, Admiral Sir Charles Napier,Lord Cardigan, Sir Herbert Taylor, LordGambier, Lord Gough, Kossuth, Bolivar,Capo d'Istrias, Barthelemy, Thomas Arnold,Archbishop A. C, Tait, Archbishop R,

Whatley, and other Church dignitaries. Theaddressees also include Sir Robert Wilson,Bunsen, Fonblanque, and Mrs. Hemans, thenovelist. Presented by the British RecordsAssociation. Add. MS. 59655.

Commonplace book of verse compiled bymembers of the Tickell family, in Englandand India; c. 1787-1816. Included are versesof Richard Tickell, Richard Brinsley Sheridanand his wife, and William Linley. Presentedby the British Records Association. Add,MS. 59656,

'Reparation'. Acts IV and V of a play thusentitled, apparently by C. W. Ward (signedon last folio); c. 1800. Presented by the BritishRecords Association. Add, MS, 59657.

Paul Bloomfield (b. 1898): letters, with illustra-tions, to Dr. F. Uhlman; 1960-76. Presentedby Dr. F. Uhtman. Add. MS. 59658,

Stella Benson (1892-1933): correspondence;1919-33, n.d. Mainly typescript copies. Pre-sented by C. H. Roberts, C.B.E. Add. MSS.59659, 59660.

William West, of Middleton, near Lancaster:correspondence and papers, 1637-61, andletters addressed chiefly to Henry West,1666-85. Add, MS, 59661.

Edward, ist Baron Lytton, and Edward Robert,2nd Baron and (1880) ist Earl of Lytton:

correspondence with Mrs. Anna CarolineSteele, sister of Kitty O'Shea; 1867-82, n.d.Add. MS. 59662.

Captain Henry Edward Napier, R,N,: manu-script in six volumes, bound in cloth, of hisFlorentine History, written in 1835 ^"d 1836and published in 1846-7. Presented by theMisses Ursula and Grizelda Williams-Freeman.Add. MSS. 59663-59668.

Letters to John Elliot Burns, P.C., M.P., onpolitical matters, with one letter from Burns(21 Jan. 1911); some letters are endorsed byBurns and others; 1890-1924, Add. MS.59669.

Letters to Cecil B. Oldman and RupertErlebach relating to the Proceedings Com-mittee ofthe Royal Musical Association frommusicians and musicologists, includingCharles van den Borren, Percy Buck,Kathleen Dale, Edmund Fellowes, EricGreene, Frank Howes, Edgar Hunt, ErnestIrving, Frank Merrick, Richard Newton,Marion Scott, Alan Yorke-Long, etc.; 1936-51, Add. MS. 59670.

Lord Herbert of Lea (1810-61) and LadyHerbert: family correspondence, 1856-61,mainly between them and their children.Presented by Mrs. Althea Davts. Add. MS.59671-

Vladimir Sergeivich Pecherin (1807-85),classical scholar, poet, voluntary exile fromRussia, and subsequently Catholic priest ofthe Redemptorist Order (1843-61) andchaplain to the Mater Misericordiae Hospitalin Dublin: letters and papers. Mostly Russian,English, Latin, and French. Add, MSS,59672 59676.

Book of Verse Fables, in French, offered byPierre Sala to Louise of Savoy, mother ofFrancis I, in 1526-9. Purchased [at a specialprice) from Miss Jean Grattan. Add. MS.59677-

Sir Thomas Malory, 'Le Morte D'Arthur':tbe unique manuscript; c. 1470-90. Imperf.Add. MS. 59678.

Draft and fair copy of a manuscript biography

of John Wilkes, by John Jaques, author ofThe History of Junius and his works (1843).59680 contains illustrations and cartoonsfrom i8th- and 19th-century newspapers andmagazines; this was possibly the first attemptat a full-scale biography of Wilkes. Twovolumes; 1836, Add, MSS. S9^19^ 59680.

John Dee (1527-1608): copy of unpublishedtreatises by Dee on sovereignty etc.; c. 1593.Included are: (i) 'Her Majesty's Title Royalto many foreign countries, kingdoms andprovinces', dated here 4 May 1576;(2) 'Brytanici Imperii Limites' (title on cover)dated 22 July 1576. Add. MS. 59681,

Richard Arnell: autograph music manuscripts;^947-73- ^11 except 59684, sg()8j presented bythe composer. Add. MSS. 59682-59688.

Copy-book of William Kitchin, apparently anapprentice surveyor; 183 5. The volume chieflycontains rules, examples, and exercises inland surveying, but also has sections dealingwith quantity surveying. Included as anexample are plans of an estate in Preston,E,R. Yorks, Add, MS. 59689.

Chuter-Ede Diaries. Diaries of JamesChuter Ede, afterwards Chuter-Ede, P. C,M,P. (1882-1965), Baron Chuter-Ede 1964,mostly as Parliamentary Secretary to theMinistry of Education; 1941-5, 1952. Auto-graph. Partly printed. Bequeathed by the com-piler. Add. MSS. 59690-59703.

Pitt-Auckland Correspondence, Corre-spondence between William Pitt and the1st Baron Auckland, concerning Pitt's friend-ship with the latter's daughter Eleanor,20-3 Jan. 1797, together witb drafts of thetwo letters from Pitt. The letters werepublished privately, with other letters now inthe Auckland Papers (Add. MS. 46491, fols.163-74) ^" Lord Rosebery, Letters relatingto the Love Episode of William Pitt (1900).Bequeathed by F. A. Gibson. Add. MS. 59704.

George William Chad, diplomatist. Ministerat the Hague, 1818-24, Dresden, 1824-8,Frankfurt, 1829-30, and Berlin, 1830-2:diaries; 1807-49. Add. MSS. 59705-59736.

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Robert Southey: six letters to Sharon Turner;1820-37. Presented by Miss C. L. Hawker.Add, MS. 59737(1).

John Hardcastle (b. 1821): 'Recollections'(covering the years 1821-40). Autograph.Presented by Miss Phoebe M. Hardcastle.Add. MS. 59737(2).

Copies of papers relating to the constructionof the proposed Clyde-Forth canal, withmanuscript and printed maps; 1767, Add,MS. 59738.

Memoranda on ammunition and pyrotechnyfrom the Royal Laboratory, Woolwich,illustrated with drawings; 1784-1805. Add.MS. 59739.

Manuscript Catalogue of the CracherodeLibrary; c. 1800. Add. MS, 59740.

'Britaities Monarchie. Containinge the mostRoyall descent of our glorious Soueraigne[James I], collected out of the CronicleHistories, and reduced in to a GenealogicallTable'; 1605. An historical epitome of Britishhistory, apparently in the autograph ofThomas Lyte (i568?-i638), of Lytescary,CO. Somerset, written to accompany hispedigree tracing the descent of James I fromBrutus, now known only from Lyte's pen-and-ink version (Add. MS. 48343). Anilluminated version ofthe pedigree, presentedto James I on 12 July 1610, is not apparentlyextant. The volume also contains one leaf ofan emblem book, an account of the House ofStuart, entitled 'The Fate of British Majesty',written after 1714 (death of Queen Anne),and printed extracts. Add. MS, 59741.

Ellen Maria Hardcastle (later Williams) (1826-1906): copies of letters to her family, writtenfrom Russia; 1852-60. Presented by MissPhoebe M. Hardcastle. Add. MSS. 59742-59745-

Edward Bothamley Freeman (1838-1921),Chancellor in the British Consulates atDiarbekir and Sarajevo, 1858-76; Vice-Consul, Mostar, 1876; Consul, Sarajevo,1879; Consul-General for Bosnia andHerzegovina, 1891-1905: private journals;

1858-1921. Bequeathed by Mrs. Elsa Cahen,daughter of E. B. Freeman. Add. MSS.59746-59770-

Journal, in French, of travels in France andItaly, I Jan. 1605 to 21 Oct, 1608. Probablycopied by the author, who seems to havetravelled in the train of Ludovic (Stuart),Duke of Lennox, Add. MS. 59771.

Liverpool Papers. Letters from the 2nd Earlof Liverpool to his father whilst at school andat Oxford; 1779-90; and private letters,mostly drafts and copies, from the former asSecretary for War and the Colonies to theEarl of Wellington, later (1815) ist Duke ofWellington, Commander-in-Chief in thePeninsular War; 1811-12. Add. MS. 59772.

Clifford Papers. Correspondence and papersof Major-General Miller Clifford ofthe RoyalArtillery; consisting mainly of correspondencewith his wife Harriet, during his service in theCrimea, 1855-6; i855-[<:, 1888]. Add. MSS.59773-59775-

Captain Jasper Hall of the 4th Regiment:diary recorditig his service in the Crimea;30 May 1855 to 27 Jan, 1856. Add. MS.59776.

An anonymous account, in two versions ofdifferent dates, ofthe society and trade oftheCanary Islands and West Africa, with observa-tions on the slave trade. The writer wasprobably a trader from Liverpool; n.d.[1779-C. Jan. 1784?]. Add. MS. 59777A, B.

Album of autographs, mostly from letters toSir Anthony Panizzi, Principal Librarian ofthe British Museum, presented by him toF. Yeats Edwards; 19th century. Presented byMiss Mary Stella Edwards. Add. MS. 59778-

Papers relating to De Wervelwind, a monthlywartime magazine edited by Sir GeorgeClark, of which twenty-three numbers wereissued and dropped over the Netherlands bythe R.A.F.; 1942-5. English and Dutch.Mostly typewritten. Presented hy Sir GeorgeClark. Add. MS. 59779.

Bulstrode Whitelocke: 'Lectures Uppon

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Particular Occasions by a Father To HisFamily', exposition ofthe Scriptures deliveredby Whitelocke to his family; 1666. Autograph.Add, MS. 59780.

Commentaries, in Latin, on the Apocalypseand the Song of Solomon (cf. Royal MS.2 C.XII, fol. i), together with extracts fromother Latin works including the Polyhtstorof Solinus. I2th-i3th centuries. Add. MS.59781-

Sulivan Papers. Correspondence and papers ofLaurence Sulivan, Deputy Secretary forWar, consisting mainly of letters written toSulivan by his brother-in-law, the 3rdViscount Palmerston; [i794-7]-i863, n.d.Add. MSS. 59782, 59783.

George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950): ten letters,mainly concerned with Fabian Society affairs,to Edward Reynolds Pease, Secretary of theFabian Society 1890-1913; 1890-1900. Add.MS. 59784-

William Hammond {c. 1635-85), of St. Alban'sCourt, Kent; letters to his father AnthonyHammond at Wilkerton, written from theContinent; 1657-8. 18th-century fo/>iW. Add,MS. 59785.

Florence Nightingale: miscellaneous lettersand papers; 1860-95. Add. MS. 59786.

George William Hervey: administrative indexas Secretary and Comptroller General of theNational Debt Office and Life AnnuityOffice; 1872-97. Add. MS. 59787.

Album of letters, printed ephemera, etc., com-piled by Emmanuel Roch during the siege ofParis; 1870-1. Presented by Mrs. L. T. Cutter.Add. MS. 59788,

Herbert Spencer: letter to 'George Eliot'congratulating her on Adam Bede\ 30 Sept.1859. Accompanying the letter are a printedform letter, with manuscript additions, fromSpencer to —, 21 June 1901, and a letterfrom Arthur Morrison to Mr. Wilson, 22 Dec.1929. Add. MS. 59789.

George Gissing: thirteen letters to his sonWalter; 27 Sept. 1897 to 24 Dec. 1902.Add, MS. 59790.

Thomas James Wise: five letters and two notesto William Douglas Seymour concerning thebibliography of Byron's juvenilia; 20 Mar, to3 June i()Tf}. Presented by W. Douglas Seymour.Add. MS. 59791.

Thomas Simon, Chief Engraver to the RoyalMint: account book with particulars ofofficial seals, coins, and medals made by him;12 June 1660 to April 1665. Add. MS. 59792.

A Child's Reader, illustrated with drawings onhinged flaps, which can be combined to makedifferent subjects; late 17th century. Add.MS. 59793.

Miscellaneous historical and literary papersand autographs, I7th-i9th centuries, includ-ing leaves from a Treasurer's Book of LordBurghley recording payments to Sir G.Carew and others. Add. MSS. $979were presented with Add. Charters75850, by Mrs. Estelle Winifred Fuller. Add,MS. 59794.

George Frideric Handel: overtures, arias, andduets from 'Siroe' atid 'Tolome', the vocalpieces mostly transposed for alto voice; 1728.Contemporary copy, the overtures (in reducedscore) possibly in the hand of J, C, Smithsenior. Purchased [at a special price) fromReginald R. Dale, Esq. Add. MS. 59795.

Ralph Vaughan Williams, O.M,: songs andother music; before 1902-29. Autographexcept where indicated. As follows: 'Claribel';before 1902; 'Reveillez vous Piccarz'; 1903;'The Roadside Fire' from 'Songs of Travel';1904. Copy, 'Dreamland'; 1905; 'Buona-party'; 1908; 'The Sky above the Roof;1908; Toccata Marziale for military band;1924; 'Easter Hymn' from 'Three ChoralHymns', for baritone solo, chorus, andorchestra; 1929, 'Easter Hymn' presented bySir William McKie; the remainder presentedby Mrs. Ursula Vaughan Williams. Add. MS.59796.

The Macnaghten Concerts Collection, Auto-graph music manuscripts and letters ofmusicians donated (1975) by the composersand by Mr. Ernest Chapman, Mrs, Joy Finzi,

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Miss Iris Lcmare, Miss Anne Macnaghten,Mrs, Isabel Rawstborne, and Mrs. UrsulaVaugban Williams, for sale in aid of tbeMacnaghten Concerts organization; 1927-74. Purchased from Macnaghten Concerts withthe aid of contributions from Pilgrim Trust,Friends of the National Libraries, the /, J.Lyons Trust and J. Edward Sieff, Esq. Add.MSS, 59797-59814.

The Gates Collection. Autograph manuscriptsof Anthony Milner and Douglas Young;1960-72. Presented by William Gates., Esq.Add, MSS. 59815-59831.

B. S. Johnson: notebook comprising drafts ofpoems printed in Poems Two., 1972, etc;1970-3. Add. MS. 59832.

Keith Douglas: correspondence with his familyand friends; 1925-44; together with lettersrelating to his work and death; 1944-62;school exercise books, etc., including Englishessays; 1933-7, "d . ; letters of him and hismother to Betty Jesse; 1943, 1944. Add. MSS,

59833-59835-Jacques Stella: twenty-six drawings of classical

lamps, chiefly from the Bellori Museum inRome. Add. MS. 59836.

Alchemy: a book containing forty-one symboli-cal coloured drawings of alembics used inexperiments for the discovery of tbe Philo-sopher's Stone; late i6th or early 17thcentury. Add. MS. 59837.

Thomas William Robertson (1829-71): TostHaste', a comedy in three acts; c. 1870.Written by an amanuensis with some auto-graph corrections. Add. MS, 59838.

Theological Miscellany containing works inLatin by St. Bonaventure, St, Isidore ofSeville, St. Anselm of Canterbury, Hugh ofSt. Victor, Bartholomeus Florarius and St.

Augustine; others ascribed to Robert Grosse-teste (a quaestio and a commentary on theMass), St, Bernard and Bede; collections ofquaestiones and scriptural texts relevant to thebehaviour of the clergy; and two works inAnglo-Norman: (a) the Prophecies of Merlinconcerning the six kings of England fromHenry III onwards (identified as far asEdward II, the 'Goat of Carnarvon') in prose,and (b) a poem in 164 lines on the advice ofa wise man to his son, begins: 'Ky cest escritvoudra entendre / Graunt bien purraaprendre / Coment luy sage soun fiutzaprent'; written in England by several scribesin the late 13th or early 14th century. PhillippsMS. 9328. Add. MS. 59839.

Rudyard Kipling: autograph printer's copy of'Just So Stories', with autograph illustrationsand initials; 1902. Bequeathed by Mrs. ElsieBambridge. Add. MS. 59840.

Arnold Bennett: 'Continental Novel'; 1912.Autograph. Add. MS. 59841.

John Eames, F.R.S. (d. 1744): 'Mechanica,sive De Motu Corporum Tractatus',volume I; 1764. Latin. Add, MS. 59842.

Joseph Black, M.D.: notes taken from his'Lecture on the Elements of Chemistry',c. 1772-3- Add. MSS. 59843-59845.

Giacomo Leopardi: corrections for the printerfor his translation of the Aeneid, Book II.One leaf, autograph. Egerton 3796.

Drummond Allison (1921-43): autographmanuscripts of'The Kindergarten' (an auto-biographical fragment), 1941, and of'Excite-ment' (a short story or autobiographicalfragment). Egerton 3797.

'Relazione Delia Corte Di Roma E DelRegolamento Del Dominio Pontificio'; 1786.Anonymous, Egerton 3798.