Scope and Contents All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name. A further correspondent has been added at the end of the sequence.Freeman, Edward Augustus.Letters, 1870-1871, of Edward Augustus Freeman to John Murray III. Folios 1-18.Folios 12-13. Letter, ?1871, of Emily Anne Smythe, Lady Strangford, to Edward Augustus Freeman. Sent as an enclosure of letter, 1871, of Freeman to John Murray III, folios 10-11. Freeman,...

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...

Scope and Contents Letters, 1850-1854, and uncertain dates, of Philip Stanhope to John Murray III, with related papers. They concern works of his published by Murray, including “The forty-five”, the remaining three volumes of his “History of England”, “Letter to Jared Sparks, Esq.” and “Joan of Arc”, reprinted from his “Historical essays”. He advises on Murray travel handbooks, and there is also discussion of politics, and of his reading, with comments on manuscripts sent to him for criticism. The letters are...