"Emblems in the First Division no.1 wagon with inscriptions of Young Men's Independent Club, no.2 a fast specimen of Young America, no. 3 truck bearing inscription and shields of the thirteen states."
Ce livre a été tiré à 124 exemplaires, cent vingt sur papier d'arches à la forme numérotés de 4 à 123 et quatre sur chine dont trois numérotés 1, 2, 3, et un imprimé au nom de l'auteur--P. [3]. Library's copy is unnumbered, and has...
Concerning Dayrell and an unspecified presentation; his reminder that men are not always "master of apparently the most feasible circumstances" and that it is "impossible for others to judge of this".
Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859; Craik, George L. (George Lillie), 1798-1866;
Concerning his gift of his selections from Beaumont and Fletcher; sends an inscription to be mounted in the volume; his receipt of a volume and his appreciation of its Prolegomena, probably Craik's The English of Shakespeare.
Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859; Browning, Robert, 1812-1889; Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 1806-1861;
Concerning his postponement of an evening with the Brownings; his thanks for inscription written in their books for him; his being a "glutton of books".
Concerning his sending a magazine that includes his verses, as well as translations from Richter and Calderon, to the recipient; his request that the recipient share them with Lord Leigh; his reluctance to "force the acknowledgment of their...
Concerning his thanks for an article in the Chronicle on The Wycherley, i.e. his edition of The dramatic works of Wycherley, Congreve, Vanbrugh, and Farquhar; his addressee's error in quoting an extract from Hazlitt as a passage by Hunt.
Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859; Horne, R. H. (Richard H.), 1802-1884;
Concerning his thanks for Horne's kind words and "glorification" of Hunt; discussing Chaucer's poetry and explaining why it is easier to do "literal justice" to his more serious, rather than merry, poems.
Concerning thanks for Severn's kindness in attending to matters relating to Shelley's funeral; hopes of meeting him in Florence; his previous communication regarding a tombstone being having contained an error in the the latin inscription.
Concerning the "charming and characteristic" letter from Leigh Hunt to Browning published in the Athenaeum; his longstanding correspondence with, and love of, Hunt; his Book-lover's Enchiridion, and the notes on Hunt found in it; his plans for an...
Moran, Benjamin, 1820-1886; Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859; Read, Thomas Buchanan, 1822-1872;
Concerning the design of the monument for his wife Catharine's grave; his desire that Hunt provide an appropriate Latin or French term for the inscription and that he either shorten a verse by Read or provide a "much better" prose inscription for...