Scope and Contents All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name. Further items have been added to the end of this sequence.Dasent, Arthur Irwin.Letters, 1893, 1906-1908, 1910 and 1912, of Arthur Irwin Dasent to John Murray III and John Murray IV. Folios 1-18.Dasent, George Webbe.Letters, 1850,1860 and 1864, of Sir George Webbe Dasent to John Murray III. Folios 19-23. A further letter of Dasent can be located at folios...

Scope and Contents Letters, 1884-1890, of Heinrich Schliemann to John Murray III and John Murray IV, with related letters and papers. The letters concern mostly the publication of “Tiryns”, including details of the involvement of other publishers in Europe and America. Some of the letters reveal the controversy surrounding Schliemann’s work and his efforts to respond to criticisms, and also details of his continuing excavations. Several letters of Charles Reinwald to John Murray, publishers, are included. The...

Scope and Contents 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...