AUTOGRAPHS (19th Century -- British). A collection of autograph letters signed by British writers, politicians and others, including autograph letters signed by Robert BROWNING (1886, refusing an invitation, as he must be in Oxford to see Wendell Holmes receive his doctorate), John Stuart MILL (1866, offering to come to the India office for a meeting), John RUSKIN ('I find you Arundel people thought you were going to get rid of me - but it won't do'), Florence NIGHTINGALE (1874, to the Chaplain of Shoreditch Workhouse, enquiring about conditions there), Thomas Hughes, William Gladstone, W.P. Frith and others, 9 in total.