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Concerning literary matters.

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Incomplete manuscript of `Carita``, published by Smith and Elder, firstly in the `Cornhill Magazine` 1876-1877, and then in novel form in 1877. It comprises the text of Chapters I-XXI and XXV-XXXIII (wanting Chapters XXII-XXIV and XXXIV-XLV), and was evidently the printer`s copy as it is marked with compositors` names and is fairly soiled, probably from handling by compositors. With a letter of Margaret Oliphant to the publishers dated 22 March 1876.

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Concerns entertainment in Heidelberg and the supply of intellectual company.

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On literary matters.

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Seven letters to Archibald Hamilton Charteris, Professor of Biblical Criticism at Edinburgh University.

Correspondents include:

Joseph Barber Lightfoot, Bishop of Durham, 1872, 1885

William D MacLagan, Archbishop of York, 1887

Edward Meyrick Goulburn, Dean of Norwich, 1888

Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, Dean of Westminster, undated

Margaret Oliphant, undated

Scope and Contents 21 letters of Jane Welsh Carlyle to her mother, Grace Welsh, to her father, John Welsh, to Mrs Oliphant, Mrs Russell, and to her uncle. Also included are 4 letters of her father, including one to Jane, and 10 letters to John Welsh from various correspondents. There are 8 further family letters and papers, including a copy of a letter by Colonel Davidson to Thomas Carlyle on the death of John Welsh annotated by Carlyle in blue pencil; a later copy of Jane's will with envelope inscribed by...

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Concerning her travels and publishing matters.