Murray, Alexander Henry Hallam (publisher, London) (1854-1934)
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Dates
- Existence: 1854 - 1934
Found in 439 Collections and/or Records:
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Henry E. Carlisle., 1885-1903.
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Identifier: MS.40195
Scope and Contents
The letters are to John Murray III, John Murray IV and Hallam Murray. The letters for 1885-1886 concern the preparation and publication of “A selection from the correspondence of Abraham Hayward, Q.C. From 1834-1884” (1886), edited by Henry Carlisle. The others mostly concern Carlisle`s proposal to publish a memoir of the 5th Duke of Newcastle, and discussions over the content and argument of the manuscript. Despite being advertised by Carlisle under the title “The life of the Duke of...
Dates:
1885-1903.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Henry Liddell, and of Lorina Liddell., 1849-1904.
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Identifier: MS.40696
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Letters, 1853-1897, of Henry Liddell to John Murray III and John Murray IV, with some to Hallam Murray; with letters, 1849-1904, of Lorina Liddell to John Murray III and John Murray IV. The letters of Henry Liddell mostly concern his work “A history of Rome…”, published by the Murrays, with brief mention of his “Greek-English lexicon”, published by Oxford University Press. The letters of Lorina Liddell concern the memoir of her husband by Henry Thompson, and about sales of his Roman history....
Dates:
1849-1904.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Henry Newbolt., 1900-1902.
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Identifier: MS.40873
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Letters, 1900-1902, of Henry Newbolt to John Murray IV and Hallam Murray, with related letters and papers. The letters mostly concern the founding of, and his editorship of, the "Monthly Review", with discussion of articles for inclusion in it, and their authors. The letters are arranged in chronological order.1900: folios 1-83; (1)1901: folios 84-102;1902: folios 103-137. (2)1. Includes letter, 1 June 1900, of Charles Johnson to Henry Newbolt:...
Dates:
1900-1902.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Henry Pullen., 1883-1891.
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Identifier: MS.40985
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The letters are to John Murray III, to John Murray IV and to Hallam Murray. They concern Pullen’s editorship of “Murray’s Handbooks for Travellers”. The letters are arranged chronologically.1883: folios 1-2;1885: folios 3-11;1886: folios 12-17;1888: folios 18-21;1889: folios 22-26;1890: folios 27-91;1891: folios 92-239*.* Folios 174-177. Letter, 28 July 1891, of C.A. Cook to “The...
Dates:
1883-1891.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Henry Pullen., 1892-1895.
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Identifier: MS.40986
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The letters are to John Murray IV and to Hallam Murray. They concern Pullen’s editorship of “Murray’s Handbooks for Travellers”. The letters are arranged chronologically.1892:January: folios 1-15;February: folios 16-24;March: folios 25-34;April: folios 35-54;May: folios 55-71;June: folios 72-78;July: folios 79-85;August: folios 86-98;September: 99-108;...
Dates:
1892-1895.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Henry Pullen., 1896-1903.
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Identifier: MS.40987
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The letters are to John Murray IV and to Hallam Murray. They concern Pullen’s editorship of “Murray’s Handbooks for Travellers”. The letters are arranged chronologically.1896:January: folios 1-11;February: folios 12-13;March: folio 14;April: folios 15-16;May: folios 17-29;June: folios 30-38;September: folios 39-43;November: folios 44-49;December: folios...
Dates:
1896-1903.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Henry Wace., 1886-1925.
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Identifier: MS.41228
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Letters, 1886-1906, of Henry Wace to John Murray III and John Murray IV, with some to Robert Cooke and Hallam Murray, and one receipt, 1925, signed by Henry C. Wace; and with related letters and papers. The letters concern various works of Wace published by Murray, including “A dictionary of Christian biography…”, his section on the Apocrypha for “The Speaker’s commentary”, his work on a manual of Christian evidences, and his Boyle and Bampton lectures. The letters are arranged in...
Dates:
1886-1925.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Henry Wintle, with related papers., 1884-1889, 1943.
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Identifier: MS.41296
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The letters are to John Murray III, John Murray IV and Hallam Murray. They concern mostly the publication of “The Eton Latin grammar. Part I. Elementary” (1885) and “ Elementary Latin exercises, adapted to the Eton Latin grammar” (1885). The letters are arranged chronologically.1884: folios 1-3;1885: folios 4-73 [Notes 1-4];1886-1887, 1889: folios 74-88.Related papers.(1) Papers concerning legal and financial...
Dates:
1884-1889, 1943.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Herbert Birks., 1892-1904.
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Identifier: MS.40103
Scope and Contents
The letters concern mostly the preparation and publication of Herbert Birks’ “The life and correspondence of Thomas Valpy French, first Bishop of Lahore” (1895). The letters are arranged chronologically.1892-1893: folios 1-24;1894: folios 25-56;1895: folios 57-83;1896-1899, 1904: folios 84-101.Folios 1-2. Letter, 1892, of Herbert Birks to Henry Wace.Folios 34-37. Letter, 5 February 1894, of Rowland Prothero to John...
Dates:
1892-1904.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Herbert Maxwell., 1899-1927.
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Identifier: MS.40798
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The letters are to John Murray IV and Hallam Murray. They concern the publication of “The Creevey Papers: a selection from the correspondence and diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P.” (1903), edited by Herbert Maxwell. Also mentioned is the manuscript of Maxwell’s “A century of empire, 1801-1900”. Accompanying several of the letters is a copy of the outline of the reply of John Murray IV.The letters are arranged chronologically.1899: folios 1-3;1902:...
Dates:
1899-1927.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Horace Darwin, Leonard Darwin and William Darwin., 1882-1918.
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Identifier: MS.40314
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Darwin, Horace.Telegram, 20 January 1886, sent by Horace Darwin to John Murray, publishers. Folio 1.Darwin, Leonard.Letters of Leonard Darwin to ?John Murray III, to John Murray IV and to Hallam Murray. The letters are arranged chronologically.1890: folios 2-3;1897: folios 4-30;1898: folios 31-38;1899: folios 39-40;1902: folios 41-43;1903: folios 44-46;1904:...
Dates:
1882-1918.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Isabella Augusta Gregory., 1893-1918.
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Identifier: MS.40483
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Letters, 1893-1918, of (Isabella) Augusta Gregory mostly to John Murray IV and Hallam Murray, with related letters and papers. The letters concern works of hers published by the Murrays, including “Sir William Gregory, KCMG”, “Cuchulain of Muirthemne”, “Poets and dreamers” and “Gods and fighting men”. There is frequent reference to the views of W.B. Yeats on her writing. The letters are arranged in chronological order.1893: folios 1-8;1894-1895: folios 9-45; (1)...
Dates:
1893-1918.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of James C. Robertson and John C. Robertson., 1858-1924.
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Identifier: MS.41027
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Letters, 1858-1877 and uncertain dates, of James C. Robertson to John Murray III, with some letters to John Murray IV and Robert Cooke; and letters, 1882-1924 and uncertain dates, of John C. Robertson to John Murray IV with some letters to Hallam Murray. The letters of James C. Robertson mostly concern his work on Becket, and his continuing work on “History of the Christian church”. The letters of John C. Robertson concern his share from sales of his father’s work and also news of family and...
Dates:
1858-1924.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Janet Ross., 1866-1888.
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Identifier: MS.41039
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Letters, 1866-1888, of Janet Ross to John Murray IV, Hallam Murray and a few to John Murray III. They concern works of hers published by the Murrays, including “Three generations of Englishwomen”, “The land of Manfred Prince of Tarentum and King of Sicily”, and the beginning of work on her own reminiscences, “Early years recalled”. There is mention also of her reading, proposals for translation, and an exchange of family news. The letters are arranged in chronological order.1866:...
Dates:
1866-1888.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Janet Ross., 1889-1918.
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Identifier: MS.41040
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Letters, 1889-1918 and uncertain dates, of Janet Ross to John Murray IV and Hallam Murray. They concern her continuing work on “The land of Manfred” and “Early years recalled”, some revision for a new edition of “Three generations…”, and other publications or proposed publications, not all of which were published by Murray. There is also much exchange of news of family and friends. The letters are arranged in chronological order.1889: folios 1-16;1890-1892: folios...
Dates:
1889-1918.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of John Cooke., 1893-1899.
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Identifier: MS.40266
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Letters, 1893-1899 and uncertain dates, of John Cooke to John Murray IV and Hallam Murray, with related letters and papers. They concern works of Cooke’s published by the Murrays, including “Handbook for travellers in Ireland” and “Elementary geography for Irish schools”, and his contribution to the revision of Shaw’s “English literature”. He also advised on the subject of educational books for Ireland. The letters are arranged in chronological order.1893-1894: folios 1-15;...
Dates:
1893-1899.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of John Cooke., 1900-1928.
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Identifier: MS.40267
Scope and Contents
Letters, 1900-1928, of John Cooke to John Murray IV and Hallam Murray, with related letters and papers. They concern a further revision of Shaw’s “History of English literature”, also of the “Handbook for travellers in Ireland”, with mention of “Elementary geography for Irish schools”. There is discussion and advice on educational books for Ireland, and also Cooke’s views on the political situation in Ireland, including during the First World War. The letters are arranged in chronological...
Dates:
1900-1928.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of John Julian., 1885-1888.
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Identifier: MS.40631
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Letters, 1885-1888, of John Julian to John Murray IV, and some to John Murray III and one to Hallam Murray, with related letters and papers. They concern his work “A dictionary of hymnology” published by the Murrays. The letters are arranged in chronological order.1885: folios 1-42; (1)1886: folios 43-103; (2)1887: folios 104-119;1888: folios 120-133.1. Includes letter, 9 March 1885, of William Tulloch to John Murray III: folios...
Dates:
1885-1888.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of John Julian., 1893-1948.
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Identifier: MS.40633
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Letters, 1893-1906, of John Julian to John Murray IV, and to Hallam Murray, with related letters and papers dating to 1948. They concern his work “A dictionary of hymnology” published by Murray. Some of the letters are annotated with copies of responses. The letters are arranged in chronological order.1893-1896: folios 1-23; (1)1897-1899: folios 24-42;1901: folios 43-47;1903-1904: folios 48-53;1905-?1907: folios 54-72; (2)...
Dates:
1893-1948.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of John Martineau., 1868-1896.
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Identifier: MS.40788
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One letter to John Murray III, the remainder are to John Murray IV and Hallam Murray. They concern the preparation and publication of several works by John Martineau, including:“Letters from Australia” (1869 – published by Longmans, Green and Co.);“The life and correspondence of Sir Bartle Frere, Bart., G.C.B., F.R.S., etc.” (1895); “The Transvaal trouble, how it arose: being an extract from the biography of the late Sir Bartle Frere” (1896).A...
Dates:
1868-1896.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of John Martineau., 1897-1907 and undated (? 1893-? 1907).
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Identifier: MS.40789
Scope and Contents
The letters are to John Murray IV and Hallam Murray. They concern mostly the preparation of John Martineau’s manuscript of “The life of Henry Pelham, Fifth Duke of Newcastle, 1811-1864”. A number of the letters reflect upon the difficulty experienced by Martineau and John Murray IV in gaining permission to publish the manuscript. The 5th Duke’s son, Lord Edward Pelham-Clinton, declined to give permission and it was only after his death that it could be published, in 1908.Other...
Dates:
1897-1907 and undated (? 1893-? 1907).
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Julia Ady., 1896-1912.
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Identifier: MS.40008
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Letters, 1896-1912, of Julia Ady to John Murray IV and Hallam Murray. The letters concern her works published by the Murrays, including “Painters of Florence”, “Isabelle D’Este”, and an introduction to Italian art for the travel handbook to Rome. In a few letters Ady reports on manuscripts sent to her as a critical reader for the firm. The letters are arranged in chronological order.1896-1897: folios 1-7;1898: folios 8-18;1899: folios 19-30;...
Dates:
1896-1912.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Laurie Magnus and Katie Magnus., 1902-1917.
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Identifier: MS.40758
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Letters, 1902-1917 and uncertain dates, of Laurie Magnus to John Murray IV, with one letter to Hallam Murray; two letters, 1901, of Katie Magnus to John Murray IV; and related letters. The letters of Laurie Magnus concern works connected with his editorial and literary role in the Murray educational department. There is also mention of his new position as co-managing director of Routledge, and how this will fit with his Murray role. The letters are arranged in chronological order....
Dates:
1902-1917.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Lemuel Bangs., 1884-1904.
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Identifier: MS.40048
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Letters, memoranda and a telegram, 1884-1904, of Lemuel Bangs, as manager of the London office of Charles Scribner’s Sons, publishers, to John Murray III, to John Murray IV and to Hallam Murray.The letters are arranged chronologically.1884-1887: folios 1-15;1890-1894: folios 16-66;1895-1899: folios 67-118;1900-1901, 1904: folios 119-140.Miscellaneous jottings concerning publication costs, probably in the hand of John...
Dates:
1884-1904.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Lionel Trotter., 1860-1909.
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Identifier: MS.41204
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Letters of Lionel Trotter to John Murray III, John Murray IV and Hallam Murray. The letters 1860-1866 concern Trotter’s wish to be engaged to write biography, and his suggestion of several likely subjects, including Byron, Samuel Taylor Coleridge and John Murray II. The letter for 1889 concerns the publication of Trotter’s “Life of the Marquis of Dalhousie” (W.H. Allen and Co., 1889), and his desire to find another subject. The letters 1895-1902 concern the preparation and...
Dates:
1860-1909.
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