Scope and Contents The letters in this file largely relate to research conducted in the 1930s into a work entitled ‘Unpublished Letters of Lord Byron’ edited by Henry Schultes Schutess-Young. The work was to be published in 1872 by R Bentley, but was pulled from the press following controversy surrounding the ownership of the letters and rights to publish. The letters have been arranged alphabetically by correspondent surname.Letters of Richard Bentley to John Murray [V], including...

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...

Scope and Contents The letters are arranged chronologically under each correspondent.Bentley, George.Letters, 1872, 1879, 1887-1888, 1890-1892, 1894 and partially dated, of George Bentley to John Murray III, to John Murray IV and to Hallam Murray. Folios 1-46; partially dated, folios 47-48.Folios 5-6. Letter, 28 May 1872, of George Bentley to John Murray III enclosing:folios 7-8: copy, in the hand of Bentley, of a letter, 27 May 1872, of Bentley to Francis Head;...

Scope and Contents This manuscript includes letters, 1847-1884, of Arthur Hervey to John Murray III. The letters concern arrangements for the publication of his father Frederick Hervey’s memoirs, as well as works of his own, including “A letter to the Rev. Christopher Wordsworth” and “Increase of the episcopate, a letter to the Bishop of Ely”. There is mention of “The genealogies of our Lord…” published by Macmillan. Also included are letters, 1882-1925, of Francis Hervey mostly to John Murray IV. The letters...