Pages.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: The individual sides of leaves resulting from folding a sheet, as of paper or parchment, whether blank or containing writing, printing, or other matter. Reference to a page is distinguished from reference to a ""folio"" in that a folio is numbered on only the front side.
Found in 30 Collections and/or Records:
Album containing portraits of Sir Walter Scott, with papers of and concerning him.
File
Identifier: MS.23060
Dates:
1821-1827.
Folios of record [detached]., 1764-1772.
Item
Identifier: Acc.4702/2
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The 'Book of Records' contains an unbroken run of minutes, and records of receipts and expenditure; a record of the deaths of members, 1763-1863, and membership lists, 1800-1872 are at the rear of the main volume, and there is a separate series of folios of reocrd, 1764-1772, probably removed at some time from the volume.
Dates:
1764-1772.
Letter of Thomas Carlyle to Mary Graham, enclosing a cutting from an 1828 publication by the Highland Society of Scotland concerning 'Premiums for straw plait manufacture'., 1828.
File
Identifier: MS.23167, folios 3-5
Letters and related material concerning works by Robert Charles Dallas about Lord Byron, and the associated injunction., 1824-1951, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.43536
Scope and Contents
Contemporary letters have been placed at the beginning of the folder, arranged alphabetically by correspondent surname. Some of the letters have been annotated during legal proceedings relating to the publications. Later letters relating to these works and the court case are then placed, in alphabetical order by correspondent surname.Further proofs of ‘Correspondence of Lord Byron’ and a press cutting relating to the work of Robert Charles Dallas have been added to the end of the...
Dates:
1824-1951, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Papers of and relating to George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron, poet.
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Correspondence of, to and concerning Lord Byron and his circle.
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Correspondence and other material concerning publications relating to Lord Byron after his death.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Amy Yule., 1878-1899.
File
Identifier: MS.41317
Scope and Contents
Letters, 1878-1899, of Amy Yule to John Murray III, John Murray IV, and Hallam Murray, with related letters and papers. They concern her works published by the Murrays, “A little light on the Cretan insurrection”, and “Handbook for travellers in Greece”. They also relate to mutual acquaintances and family, including her father Henry Yule. The letters are arranged in chronological order.1878-1879: folios 1-15;1881-1882: folios 16-57;1883-1884: folios...
Dates:
1878-1899.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames and company names from Dallaway to Dampier., 1807-1926.
File
Identifier: MS.40308
Scope and Contents
All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name. An additional correspondent has been added to the end of this sequence.Dallaway, James.Letter, 1807, of James Dallaway to John Murray II. Folios 1-2.Dally, Richard.Letter, 1819, of Richard Dally to John Murray II. Folios 3-4.Dalmahoy and Wood.Letters, 1845, 1847, 1849 and 1853, of Dalmahoy and Wood to John Murray III. Folios...
Dates:
1807-1926.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames and company names from Harper to Harrap., 1815-1901.
File
Identifier: MS.40525
Scope and Contents
All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Harper, Fletcher.Letter, 1873, of Fletcher Harper to John Murray III. Folios 1-2.Harper, Francis Perego.Letter, 1901, of Francis Perego Harper to John Murray IV. Folio 3.Harper, Hugo Daniel.Letter, 1851, of Hugo Daniel Harper to John Murray III. Folios 4-5.Harper, James Thorne.Letter, 1900, of James Thorne...
Dates:
1815-1901.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames and company names from Inman to Irby., 1823-1916.
File
Identifier: MS.40601
Scope and Contents
All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Inman, Alfred Henry.Letters, 1909, of Alfred Henry Inman to John Murray IV. Folios 1-3.Innes, Alexander William.Letter, 1847, of Alexander William Innes to John Murray III. Folios 4-5.Innes, Arthur Donald.Letters, 1892, 1899 and 1904, of Arthur Donald Innes to John Murray IV. Folios 6-30.Folio 11. Letter, 1899, of an...
Dates:
1823-1916.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Davies, A. to Davis, H., 1812-1916.
File
Identifier: MS.40318
Scope and Contents
All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Davies, Arthur Charles Fox-.Letters, 1915 and undated, of Arthur Charles Fox-Davies to John Murray IV. Folios 1-3.Davies, Caroline Mary.Letter, 1861, of Caroline Mary Davies to John Murray III. Folios 4-9.Folios 6-9. Letter, August ?1793, in French of an unknown correspondent in Paris, possibly to Francis Drake. The letter is annotated with ‘No....
Dates:
1812-1916.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Foulkes to Fox, G., 1814-1914.
File
Identifier: MS.40419
Scope and Contents
All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Foulkes, Augustine Lempriere.Letters, 1897 and 1901, of Augustine Lempriere Foulkes to John Murray IV. Folios 1-8.Folios 3-6. Printed specimen, 1897, of a translation entitled ‘The Æneid of Virgil, in English’, by Augustine Lempriere Foulkes. Sent as an enclosure of letter, 1897, of Foulkes to John Murray IV, folios 1-2.Fountain, Paul.Letters,...
Dates:
1814-1914.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Gladstone, S. to Gleig, G., 1817-1913.
File
Identifier: MS.40451
Scope and Contents
All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Gladstone, Samuel Steuart.Letter, 1908, of Samuel Steuart Gladstone to John Murray IV. Folios 1-3.Folios 2-3. Copy of a letter, 1908, of John Murray IV to Samuel Steuart Gladstone.Gladstone, Thomas.Letters, 1832-1833 and 1878, of Sir Thomas Gladstone to John Murray II and John Murray III. Folios 4-10.Gladstone, William Henry....
Dates:
1817-1913.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Grant, C. to Grant, H., 1771-1918.
File
Identifier: MS.40476
Scope and Contents
All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Grant, Charles.Letters, 1847-1848, of Charles Grant, Baron Glenelg, to John Murray III. Folios 1-4.Grant, Constance Henrietta Georgina.Letters and postcards, 1903-1907, 1911 and 1914-1916, of Constance Henrietta Georgina Grant to John Murray IV. Folios 5-103.Folio 15. Note, 1903, calculating the number lines, possibly relating to ‘The French...
Dates:
1771-1918.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Harries to Harrison, D., 1822-1917.
File
Identifier: MS.40526
Scope and Contents
All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name. A further correspondent has been added to the end of the sequence.Harries, Roger.Letter, 1823, of Roger Harries to John Murray II. Folios 1-2.Folio 1. Includes an excerpt of a letter, 1823, of Peter Lee to Roger Harries.Harris, Charles.Letters, 1903-1905 and 1917, of Charles Harris to John Murray IV and Alexander Henry Hallam Murray. Folios...
Dates:
1822-1917.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Hart, M. to Harvey, J., 1826-1927.
File
Identifier: MS.40529
Scope and Contents
All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Hart, Mary Kerr.Letters, 1830, of Mary Kerr Hart to John Murray II. Folios 1-6.Folios 3-4. Prospectus, 1830, advertising for subscribers to a volume of poems by ‘the wife of a lunatic’ i.e. Mary Kerr Hart. Sent as an enclosure of letter, 1830, of Mary Kerr Hart to John Murray II, folios 1-2.Hart, Reginald Clare.Letter, 1894, of Sir Reginald...
Dates:
1826-1927.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Hutton, R. to Hyslop., 1827-1928.
File
Identifier: MS.40597
Scope and Contents
All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Hutton, Richard Holt.Letters, 1887 and 1892, of Richard Holt Hutton to John Murray III. Folios 1-11.Folios 3-4. Annotated pages, 19 Feb 1887, of ‘the Spectator’.Folio 5. Partial letter, ?1887, of John Murray III possibly to John Murray IV.Folios 6-7. Draft of a letter, 1887, of John Murray IV to Richard Holt Hutton.Hutton,...
Dates:
1827-1928.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Johnson, E. to Johnson, R., 1815-1924.
File
Identifier: MS.40622
Scope and Contents
All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Johnson, Eliza Jane Peile.Letters, 1904-1904 and 1917, of Eliza Jane Peile Johnson to John Murray IV. Folios 1-6.Johnson, Ernle Sacheverell Wilberforce.Letter, 1908, of Ernle Sacheverell Wilberforce Johnson to John Murray IV. Folios 7-10.Johnson, George Henry Sacheverell.Letter, 1880-1881, of George Henry Sacheverell to John Murray...
Dates:
1815-1924.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of John Cooke., 1900-1928.
File
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 Laurie Magnus., 1901.
File
Identifier: MS.40757
Scope and Contents
Letters, 1901, of Laurie Magnus to John Murray IV, with related letters. They concern works connected with his editorial and literary role in the Murray educational department, as well as his contribution to the translation of “Greek thinkers” by Theodor Gomperz. The letters are arranged in chronological order.1901, January-March: folios 1-39;1901, April-June: folios 40-83; (1)1901, July-September: folios 84-101;1901, October-December: folios...
Dates:
1901.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Scott Moncrieff Penney., 1892-1901.
File
Identifier: MS.40936
Scope and Contents
Letters of Scott Moncrieff Penney to John Murray IV and Hallam Murray, with related letters and papers. The letters concern Moncrieff Penney’s work on various editions of the Handbook for travellers in Scotland. The letters are arranged chronologically :1892: folios 1-15;1893: folios 16-53;1894: folios 54-80*;1895: folios 81-85**;1896: folios 86-92***;1897: folios 93-95;1898: folios 96-105;1899:...
Dates:
1892-1901.
Manuscript of an article for the "Quarterly Review" : "Digest of the Criminal Law" by Henry Brougham., 1854.
File
Identifier: MS.42045
Scope and Contents
Included with the manuscript is a letter of Brougham to John Murray III concerning the manuscript, and a marked proof of the article. Also included is a related article by Brougham, "The Judges on codification", extracted from the "Edinburgh Review".Brougham`s article on the "Digest" was published in "The Quarterly Review", volume 94, number 188, March 1854, article 5, pages 461-466. The article is a consideration of "A letter to the Lord Chancellor, containing observations on...
Dates:
1854.
Manuscripts of reviews for the "Quarterly Review" by John Wilson Croker; with pages from "Letters to and from Henrietta, Countess of Suffolk, and her second husband, the Hon. George Berkeley", edited by Croker., 1817-? 1838.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.42146-42149
Scope and Contents
John Wilson Croker wrote numerous articles for the 'Quarterly Review'. There are manuscripts for four of these articles in this subseries - his review of 'Endymion' by John Keats; his review of 'France' by Lady Morgan; an article entitled 'Art on Maddens Impurities of Genius'; and an article entitled 'Versailles'. There are also galley proofs for the review of 'France' by Lady Morgan. In addition, there are printed but unpublished pages of the suppressed sections of 'Letters to...
Dates:
1817-? 1838.
Photocopy of motion of no confidence, `Government Betrayal of Scotland`, signed by the Scottish National Party Parliamentary Group.
Item
Identifier: Acc.13084
Dates:
March 1979.
Printed, but unpublished, pages of the suppressed preface and biographical note to the "Letters to and from Henrietta, Countess of Suffolk, and her second husband, the Hon. George Berkeley; from 1712 to 1767", edited by John Wilson Croker., 1824.
File
Identifier: MS.42147
Scope and Contents
The suppressed preface and biographical note would appear from the title page to have been intended to accompany volume 2 of the work. However, this would seem to have been as a result of an error in the setting-up of the title page, which ought to have shown "Vol. I". This suggestion is confirmed by the volume note printed to accompany each signature. This would also conform to the logical position of such matter in a publication, and indeed, the position of the related material...
Dates:
1824.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Correspondence of or concerning authors published by John Murray, with related manuscripts.
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Papers of and concerning John Wilson Croker.
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Manuscripts of reviews for the "Quarterly Review" by John Wilson Croker; with pages from "Letters to and from Henrietta, Countess of Suffolk, and her second husband, the Hon. George Berkeley", edited by Croker.
Printed pages of ‘Fugitive Pieces’, ‘Poems on Various Occasions’, 'Hours of Idleness' and ‘Poems, Original and Translated’, by Lord Byron, with notes, revisions and additions by Henry Buxton Forman., 1884-1896.
File
Identifier: MS.43399
Scope and Contents
The pages here are of poems contained in the first four publications of Lord Byron. They have been heavily annotated by Henry Buxton Forman.Henry Buxton Forman was a well-known bibliographer and, it was later discovered, forger. He and John Murray [III] had agreed that he would work on a new edition of the works of Byron for Murray in the 1884. This never came to fruition, but the proofs here are the result of the start of that work and was sent to John Murray [IV] in 1896....
Dates:
1884-1896.
‘Rob Roy’, a national drama based on the novel of Sir Walter Scott, consisting of annotated pages from the book, interleaved with plans of scenery and stage settings, as performed at the Theatre Royal Edinburgh.
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Identifier: MS.23061
Scope and Contents
The play was produced on the occasion of Sir Walter Scott’s centenary under the supervision of Mr and Mrs Wyndham.
Dates:
1822-1871.