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WALTER HORATIO PATER (1839-1894); JOHN RUSKIN (1819-1900); THOMAS HENRY HALL CAINE (1853-1931); & GEORGE MEREDITH (1828-1909)
Autograph letter, signed 'Walter Pater', from Brasenose College, 3 May [1890], 2pp, 12°, to Miss White, regarding a passage from Shakespeare's Sonnets, '"The prophetic soul of the wide world dreaming on things to come"', and refers her to Wordsworth (creased on folds).
Autograph letter, signed 'J. Ruskin', from Denmark Hill, 30 January [18]67, 1½pp, 8°, to Mr Farrar, regretting he is unable to attend his lecture as he is celebrating his birthday with one of his father's old friends that evening, but hopes to read it in print, mentioning that he has been ill (spotted, now in two pieces).
Manuscript article for The Saturday Review, signed 'Hall Caine', 1pp, 8°, with numerous amendments, on a visit to Polish salt mines; with two autograph letters, signed, [1897], 3pp in all, 8° and 4°, to Miss White, regarding reaction to criticism of The Christian and asking her opinion; and a typed letter, signed, from Greeba Castle, 25 October 1896, to Mr White, refusing an invitation (creased on folds, some spotting and small tears).
With a one-page autograph letter, signed 'George Meredith', from St. Ives, 15 August 1887, to 'My dear Grant Allen', an introduction for his friend Oswald Crawford (creased on folds, small tear to centre fold).
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Autograph letter, signed 'Walter Pater', from Brasenose College, 3 May [1890], 2pp, 12°, to Miss White, regarding a passage from Shakespeare's Sonnets, '"The prophetic soul of the wide world dreaming on things to come"', and refers her to Wordsworth (creased on folds).
Autograph letter, signed 'J. Ruskin', from Denmark Hill, 30 January [18]67, 1½pp, 8°, to Mr Farrar, regretting he is unable to attend his lecture as he is celebrating his birthday with one of his father's old friends that evening, but hopes to read it in print, mentioning that he has been ill (spotted, now in two pieces).
Manuscript article for The Saturday Review, signed 'Hall Caine', 1pp, 8°, with numerous amendments, on a visit to Polish salt mines; with two autograph letters, signed, [1897], 3pp in all, 8° and 4°, to Miss White, regarding reaction to criticism of The Christian and asking her opinion; and a typed letter, signed, from Greeba Castle, 25 October 1896, to Mr White, refusing an invitation (creased on folds, some spotting and small tears).
With a one-page autograph letter, signed 'George Meredith', from St. Ives, 15 August 1887, to 'My dear Grant Allen', an introduction for his friend Oswald Crawford (creased on folds, small tear to centre fold).
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