Scope and Contents Folios 1-24. Letters, 1842-1865, of George Borrow to John Murray III, with letters of Borrow to Robert Cooke. 25-48. Letters, 1848-1857, of Mary Borrow to John Murray III, with a letter to “Mr. Woodfall”. 49-50. Letter, "Sept. 23d" of William Knapp to John Murray III. 51-52. Letter, 1840, of John ?Stouring to John Murray ?II. 53-54. Manuscript inventory of the “Letters of Geo. Borrow to John Murray, Esq.” 55. Manuscript copy of...

Scope and Contents William Ireland Knapp corresponded regularly with his publisher, John Murray, while producing his work ' Life, writings and correspondence of George Borrow'. His letters to Murray detail the publishing process of the work and the relationship between author and publisher. In addition to the letters of Knapp to Murray, there are also other letters concerning the work. Various correspondents wrote to John Murray [IV] and Robert Francis Cooke in relation to the work on Borrow,...

Scope and Contents Professor William Ireland Knapp (1835-1908) wrote 'Life, writings and correspondence of George Burrow', which was published by John Murray in 1899. The papers here relate to that publication. There is correspondence of Knapp to John Murray [IV] and other members of the publishing house. In addition, there are letters of other correspondents to Murray about the works of Borrow under the editorship of Knapp and letters of the American publisher G P Putnam's Sons regarding the American...