Manuscripts.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Refers to handwritten documents, and may also be used to distinguish certain documents from published or otherwise printed documents, as in the cases of typed personal letters or a typescript from which printed versions are made.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Manuscript, "Pretty Bob!", by Maria Edgeworth., ? 1815.
Item
Identifier: MS.42183
Scope and Contents
The manuscript is of a short story of Maria Edgeworth that recounts the history of a young chimney sweep referred to as ‘Pretty Bob’ and, later ‘Poor Bob’. It highlights the harsh conditions of such work for children. The story was first published by John Murray in 1832 as part of ‘Garry Owen, or, The snow-woman ; and Poor Bob, the chimney- sweeper’.Original foliation of the manuscript has been retained (ff. 1-14), with a wrapper for the manuscript placed after...
Dates:
? 1815.
Papers of and concerning Maria Edgeworth., 1814-1843, 1937.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.42180-42184
Scope and Contents
Novelist Maria Edgeworth (1768-1849) published stories for children, educational works, novels and a memoir of her father, Richard Lovell Edgeworth. John Murray was one of her publishers and they had many mutual acquaintances, including Walter Scott. The papers here include letters of Edgeworth to John Murray; papers relating to 'Lost letters of Maria Edgeworth and Lady Romilly' with an offprint of a 20th century article relating to Edgeworth; and a manuscript of a story by Edgeworth...
Dates:
1814-1843, 1937.