DEPARTMENT OF MSS. 35 



Partly autograph. Found in the binding of a book printed 

 at Edinburgh in 1537. Presented by George Reid, Esq. 



Catalogue of the Cotton MSS., circ. 1620-1631. At the 

 foot of many of the pages are the signatures of Sir Robert 

 and Sir Thomas Cotton. 



Letter from James Boswell to Bennet Langton with regard 

 to his " Life of Johnson," which " will be the most enter- 

 taining book that ever appeared," and for which he has been 

 offered " a cool thousand " ; 9th April 1790. 



Autograph poem, "The Spirit's Mysteries," by Felicia 

 Hemans. 



Letter from Hans Christian Andersen to Mary Howitt, 

 "with holograph copies of four poems ; 28th Sept. 1846. 



Letter from Cardinal Newman with reference to his 

 portrait, and to his peace of mind in the Catholic Church ; 

 20th Jan. 1875. 



Letter from Sir E. Burne-Jones, Bart., to E. Chesneau, 

 13th Oct. 1882, containing a summary of his life and works 

 for the purpose of a biographical dictionary. Details are 

 given at some length of his work with Morris and others on 

 the frescoes of the Oxford Union Society, and of his 

 acquaintanceship with Rossetti. Presented by G. Fairfax 

 Murray, Esq. 



The original MSS. of " Erewhon " and " Erewhon 

 Revisited," by Samuel Butler. Presented by R.A. Streatfeild, 

 Esq., Mr. Butler s executor. 



Nineteen volumes of miscellaneous collections on proverbs, 

 •compiled by Vincent Stuckey Lean. Bequeathed by the 

 ■Compiler. 



'•'Alterations in printing Common Prayer, 1890-1894." With 

 correspondence of Archbishop Benson and others. Presented 

 by A. G. Benson, Esq. 



The Book of Judges and the Minor Prophets, in Chinyanja, 

 the dialect of the Lake Nyasa district, by Archdeacon 

 Johnson, 1899. A portion of the original autograph draft of 

 the first translation of the Bible in this language. Presented 

 by Miss E. Kenyon. 



Survey of Burgh Castle Manor, co. Suffolk ; 1596, 



Letters (business and personal) and papers relating to 

 families resident in cos. Stafford and Chester ; 16th-19th 

 centt. 



Topographical description of Earligh Commons, co. Berks, 

 by E. Blagrave, 1669. Presented by Rev. H. E. Salter. 



Voluntaries, Masque tunes, &;c., for the Organ or Virginal, 

 in score, by Orlando Gibbons, Dr. John Bull, and others, circ. 

 1629-30. 



Score of Handel's "Acis and Galatea," transcribed before 

 1732 ; with a full description of the manner of performing 

 the work. 



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