Collection: George Meredith Collection, 1845-1935, bulk 1880-1909 - CAO: Powered by ArcLight and hosted at Western CT State University Search Results

Autograph letter, signed, to James Payn., 1845 May 20 Box 32, Folder 201

Discussing Continental editions of his books, and a visit from Alphonse Daudet.

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Notebook II: blue quarto notebook, 1849-1850 Box 38, Folder 345

Contains a long early poem, "Wandering Willie," an incomplete story, "The Land of Flowers," an essay on Grillparzer, which formed the basis for Meredith's article "Austrian poets" in Fraser's Magazine (August 1852) and fragments and memoranda.

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Notebook I: red quarto notebook containing fair copies of poems, 1849-1859 Box 38, Folder 344

Including some translated from the German, fragments of verse, lists of titles, and personal memoranda.

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Autograph Letters of George Meredith, 1849-1909 Box 23, Folder 73

Bound in blue morocco.

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Autograph letter, signed, to Eyre Crowe telling Dan to get the Ruskin notes ready, [1850?] Box 31, Folder 140

Altschul Fund.

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Autograph letter, signed, to Frederick Chapman, 1850-1851 Box 31, Folder 123

This is an early letter in which Meredith speaks of important publishing matters, including proofs of a book on Japan. It is also one of the few letters in which he speaks of his wife without bitterness. (There is no reference to her in 1852, and they were subsequently divorced after a very unhappy marriage.)

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George Meredith to Various Correspondents, Volume I, 1850-1894 Box 24, Folder 74

Volume I of II, in red cloth case.

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George Meredith to Various Correspondents, Volume II, 1850-1894 Box 24, Folder 75

Volume II of II, in red cloth case.

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3 autograph letters, signed, to James Vizetelly, 1851 Box 33, Folder 261

Gift of Mr. Louis M. Rabinowitz, 1953.

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George Meredith Letters, typed copies, 1851-1898 Box 24, Folder 76

Probably the companion to "George Meredith to Various Correspondents"

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2 autograph letters, signed, to John W. Parker, 1854 September 15, [Wednesday] Box 32, Folder 198

Accompanied by typewritten transcripts.

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5 autograph letters, signed, to Samuel Lawrence, [1855] Box 32, Folder 173

Altschul Fund, 1939.

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Autograph letter, signed, to T[om] Taylor, 1855 April 24 Box 33, Folder 249

Found in Cline, 29.

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Waring, Anna Laetitia (1823-1910): My Times are in Thy Hand, manuscript copy of a poem in the hand of Mary Ellen Meredith, 1856 October 5 Box 40, Folder 355

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Autograph letter, signed, to William Cox Bennett., 1857 April 27 Box 31, Folder 119

Accompanied by envelope and typewritten transcript.

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Meredith, Mary Ellen (Peacock) Nicholls: autograph letter, signed, to Henry Wallis, 1857 September 29 Box 34, Folder 312

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23 autograph letters, signed, to Samuel Lucas, editor of Once a Week, 1859-1862 Box 32, Folder 176

Mentioning some of Meredith's early works: Evan Harrington, etc., and also "All the year around", Wilkie Collins & "The Woman in White", Dickens, Thackeray, and "Vanity Fair", Rossetti and "Cassandra", Swinburne and "East Lynne"; and giving some very interesting criticism.

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Autograph letter, signed, to the editor of Once a Week [Samuel Lucas], [1859] June 4 Box 32, Folder 175

Accompanied by a typescript.

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11 autograph letters, signed, to Mrs. Janet A. Ross, 1860-1904 Box 29, Folder 90

Accompanied by fragments of verse, a letter from Mrs. Ross to Dr. Jessopp (August 19, 1887), a description of the collection by Buxton Forman, an autograph letter, signed, from Arthur G. Meredith to Mrs. Ross, dated [1861] September 25, with a note at the end from George Meredith, dated [1861] October 8.

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