Scope and Contents From the Series: This series is of the correspondence and papers, including some manuscripts, of many of the most prominent authors published by John Murray, publishers. The papers represent the relationship between author and publisher. There are particularly significant holdings relating to Isabella Bishop (Isabella Bird), George Crabbe, Charles Darwin, Sir Charles and Elizabeth Eastlake, Richard Ford, John Franklin, William Gladstone, Sir Francis Head, Sir Austen Henry Layard, David Livingstone, Thomas...

Scope and Contents All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and, where required, by date under each name.Burney, Selina, 1813: folios 1-2;Burney, William, 1807-1822: folios 3-57:includes receipt signed by James Nunn: folio 11;invoice of Grayhurst and Harvey, goldsmiths and jewellers, to William Burney: folio 20;Burnie, Robert, 1891-1906: folios 58-60;Burnouf, Eugène, 1877-1879: folios 61-66:includes letters,...

Scope and Contents Folio(s) 1-3 : two letters, 1815, of Jane Austen to John Murray II; 4-7 : two letters, 1819 and 1831, of Cassandra Elizabeth Austen to John Murray II concerning works by Jane Austen; 8 : bank draft, 1816, in favour of Jane Austen; and, 9-11 : three bank drafts in favour jointly of Henry Austen and Cassandra Elizabeth Austen. Each draft is for value received in "Northanger Abbey, etc.". f. 9 : 31 December 1818; f. 10 :...